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Minimum safe overlap Trek Seat Mast Domane
I'm finally out on the road on my Koppenberg edition "Domane", and feeling fortunate that the stack of this 56cm frame is sufficient for me.
But I seem to have reached a limit with the seat mast cap overlap onto the seat mast, which is only about two diameters even with a taller WTB Laser saddle on top. I don't see any sort of minimum-insert line anywhere, so I don't know how far off I am from a safe perch for my 145lb mass. I'm using the shorter-offset, 135mm version mast, and with my saddle adjusted mid-way, so stresses are seemingly reasonable. But I'd rather know just how far that the mast is supposed to engage with the cap. The optional mast cap is a longer 175mm iir, so if anyone here knows of a cheaper source for one, or would like to swap for my shorter/lighter 135mm round carbon mast, I'm all ears either way. With it's short wheelbase, this Koppenberg is a hoot! |
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Does the Koppenberg edition have height markings on the mast?
I know my regular Domane does, and IIRC the end of the markings is marked as minimum insertion? I had to get the longer mast for mine, but I'm a freak. |
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My team issue Koppenberg has the markings on the frame mast. I also use and need the longer seat mast cap.
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Thanks for the replies(!), I got busy today when someone turned up wanting to buy the car I've been working on for the past 8 mionths, so only now am seeing all of this.
I was able to confirm that my seat mast has markings that I missed when I looked at it when it was still dirty. I was surprised to find that only 40mm of overlap is needed, which is far less than the traditional 2-1/2 diameters. I had actually picked up a 175mm seat mast cap today between errands, then took it back for a refund when I realized that I had a full 50mm of overlap going on with my shorter original mast cap. Saved me well over a hundred dollars! I also found that my IsoSpeed coupling had loosened, even with it's blue thread locker. So I re-did that with fresh blue LocTite and 7Nm of torque. Looking forward to more manic fun riding this Koppenberg! |
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I have a longer cap in my spares bin. $50 if you do end up needing it...
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