Met Allan A going up to Antenna however my seat broke and had to abor the climb and repair the saddle attachment

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I decided to bring my mtb and do an antenna ride.  On the way I met Allan (saw his post earlier) and he said he did 3x going up antenna was outstanding.  However on the first climb, I heard a crack and my saddle got loose and the whole seat post assembly disintegrated.  I removed the parts that may fall:   the nuts and bolts, the saddle and the other parts of the seat post assembly.

I tried to reattach the saddle whom I guessed had tools.  He had but unfortunately after we thought the problem was fixed, as soon as I got on the bike the assembly collapsed again.   So I followed his advice get a nut to bypass the defect:  loose thread .   It took me 30 minutes to get my part at Corderos bolt.  It cost me P3.00 for the nut (but at least, I do not have to get a new seat post assembly or go to a machine shop)

At home it took me a while to seat the new extra nut at the seat post assembly.  Now it looks fine.  And I hope it wont bother me again.

Too much DIY can create problems; if you are not careful

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Rizal Philippines
June 5, 2017

I could not use my Fuji carbon fiber well lately.  It would not shift well between 21 to 23  and 12, 13 and 14 at the cogs.

I found out today:

1. That the  nut for the cogs was not tight  (the tool that I used Taiwan made does not fit well the Campy cogs.) Fortunately today, I found the Shimano tool that fit;

2.  I used the wrong spacers:   between 21 and 23, it had to the wider spacer with the groove;  I saw that the distance between 21 and 23.  The correct spacer was between 12 and 13, both would not shift well.  

Compared to Shimano, even if you interchange the spacer, there would be no problem

So I had the spacers interchanged, tightened the nut.

Tomorrow, I could use the bike well?