Pro tip: Grease your seatpost, but not the whole thing

Honestly, I see this at least once a week at the shop. Someone brings in a bike with a seized seatpost, and they tell me they greased it all over. Ngl, you only need a light coat on the lower two-thirds. If you grease the whole length, it can work its way up into the frame and cause a real mess. Has anyone else found a better trick to stop that creep?

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julia89221d ago

I get what you're saying about only greasing the lower part, but I've always put a very thin coat over the whole post. I wipe off almost all of it, so there's just a film left. That way it's protected along its whole length and I've never had it creep up into the frame.

paulk4221d ago

Honestly, that reminds me of the time I greased a quill stem too much and it shot up like a rocket.