Integral seat clamp - can I cut it off?

[JT71]

I've stripped the bolt on my colony's integral seat clamp, and yes I could try to find the right allen bolt and nut to replace it or I could buy a seat clamp and cut off the lugs on the frame at the weld.

anyone see/know of any potential problems with doing this?

[pickle]

ya plum! 

[JT71]

ya plum! 

thanks for that Rob...most helpful...I already know i'm a juicy purple fruit. 

think i'll get a hacksaw and a grinder out anyway.

[pickle]

personally i'd go down the new bolt route?  if you fook it up with the grinder then it's a new frame on the cards!

[kev-s]

helicoil it, prob solved then

[JT71]

it's an actually bolt and nut that fit with in the frames lugs, the lugs aren't threaded.

the bolt and nut are both f***ed.

a regular M6 nut fits on one side, but not found an M6 allen bolt easy to come by.

[pickle]

someone on here will know where to get one....try Mr Spacefruit, i'm sure he knows of an engineers which would have one?   

[Peter J]

Send me your address I think I've got about 300-400 of them............what lengh are you looking for ?

[pickle]

and bobs your uncle 

[evamedia]

or animal have a wedge post, no bolt or seatclamp required

[SaMAlex]

or animal have a wedge post, no bolt or seatclamp required

They are great, aint they? We do away with the awful wedge system on handlebar stems and replace it with a much better clamp. Then we take away the clamp system from seatposts and replace it with a wedge ... cos it LOOKS better. 




(I do know the main reason clamp-on stems are better than wedge stems; because it removed the limitation on the fork stear tube thickness, but I still dont see what is wrong with a seat clamp  )

[Stodgy]

or animal have a wedge post, no bolt or seatclamp required

They are great, aint they? We do away with the awful wedge system on handlebar stems and replace it with a much better clamp. Then we take away the clamp system from seatposts and replace it with a wedge ... cos it LOOKS better. 




(I do know the main reason clamp-on stems are better than wedge stems; because it removed the limitation on the fork stear tube thickness, but I still dont see what is wrong with a seat clamp  )

I'm with you on that one Alex, the Fly post is overpriced and heavier than using a post and clamp. Seems to solve a problem that never exisisted!

Ah hum.

[HEYWOOD BMX]

 Try and get a bolt like this-from a BMX frame with integral clamp.

[rarman1]

fook it Joe,

cut it of, file it untill its smooth and put a normal seat clamp on it.... you'll be fine

[JT71]

fook it Joe,

cut it of, file it untill its smooth and put a normal seat clamp on it.... you'll be fine

ahhhhhhhhhhhh the voice of reason, that's really what i wanna do so i can customise my ride a touch and change the
colours if i choose. i'm drun k, wheres the hack saw.?