Over the last few rides my Selle Italia SLR started to awfully creak and pop as if it were going to break in half each time I sat on it. Since I don’t rest my butt on it often riding a rigid singlespeed, I ignored it for two rides. But something needed to be done about it. Whenever something creaks, I start taking things apart, clean all contact surfaces and apply a touch of grease. Sure enough, the Syntace seat clamp was full of dirt. Left behind from that last rain ride, hidden deep inside where my garden hose will never wash it out. WD40 to clean all the clamping pieces, then some grease, put back together and tightened with my trusty torque wrench “et voilà” not the slightest creak.
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