The Epic Ride Bike Shop — Bicycle Store in Orangeville

Reviews of The Epic Ride Bike Shop

• Ethan

  Added 2016.09.08

  You can get the best purchase by standing behind the saddle, with your legs straddling the rear wheel. It may be helpful to have an assistant hold the front end of the bike steady. Even if you don't use an assistant, the front wheel should be restrained from turning from side-to-side. This may be done with a commercial handlebar clamping tool, or by strapping the wheel against the downtube with a toe strap.
• Juan

  Added 2016.09.03

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• Hunter

  Added 2016.08.07

  Normally, it is best to raise and lower seatposts straight up or down, without twisting them, because twisting can cause unsightly scratches on the seatpost. This does not apply when you are dealing with badly stuck post, however. With stuck seatposts, your first priority should be to try to turn the seatpost, even if it won't move vertically. You can apply much more effective force rotationally than you can vertically, and if you can get the post to turn, victory is in sight. Once you can turn the seatpost, you can run oil in between it and the seat tube, and the twisting action will distribute the oil, completely freeing the post.
• Sophia

  Added 2016.04.26

  Well done. I'll happily shop here again.
• Jackson

  Added 2016.02.18

  [The moving parts of a suspension seatpost are definitely not as strong as a single steel tube or forging. You will have to clamp a suspension seatpost below the suspension. -- John Allen].
• Christian

  Added 2016.02.01

  The next thing to try is prying the ears of seat lug apart slightly with a screwdriver. [Only with a steel frame, though. This can permanently damage an aluminum or carbon-fiber frame. -- John Allen] Sometimes it is easiest to stick a flat-bladed screwdriver between the ears and twist gently. Other times you may have better luck by inserting a large Phillips head screwdriver or Allen wrench into the bolt hole on one ear at a time and bending the two sides individually.
• Joshua

  Added 2015.11.01

  Most repairs are easier if the bike is held in a workstand, and for some jobs it is helpful to have the bike partially disassembled. This is not the case with seatpost extraction.
• Emma

  Added 2015.06.17

  Do not try to remove a seatpost by pulling on it with a pipe wrench, locking pliers or any other tool. Instead, use a saddle. Nothing gets as good a grip on a seatpost as a saddle, because it has the hardware designed specifically for the purpose. If you are worried about damaging a good saddle, use one of the yellow BMX saddles you have in the cellar.
• Jack

  Added 2015.03.03

  Brent is a great guy with a boat load of knowledge. Only place I go!
• Blake

  Added 2014.12.17

  Unfortunately, many seatposts will not lend themselves to this approach, because the saddle clamp may be pressed or bonded to the tubular part of the seatpost, and the joint isn't designed to withstand such force.
• Alex

  Added 2014.12.17

  So you brought a seized seat post to a bike shop and it was damaged! Wow. And this came as a surprise?
• Diego

  Added 2014.05.24

  Brought in my bike to have the seat post removed. A week later, after no phone call, I went in to find that the post was still lodged in and the seat had been ripped off. I was told it was now my problem and I was warned about this. I was given no compensation for the damage.
• Aiden

  Added 2014.05.14

  Good local shop run by real riders.
• John

  Added 2013.10.20

  It is easiest to work with a fully assembled bike, sitting on the floor on its own tires. When pulling on the seatpost, the best way to hold the bike down is to put a foot on a pedal.
• Alexander

  Added 2013.09.24

  Cure for seized seat posts
• Olivia

  Added 2013.08.06

  Recently bought a bike for my son here. The service was excellent. He said he would have the bike shipped in and assembled in a week. One week later my son got his surprise.
• Jeremiah

  Added 2013.05.08

  For the most recalcitrant cases, if the seatpost has a one-piece saddle clamp, you can mount the top of the seatpost in a vise, then twist and pull the bike or frame. If you have an assistant handy, have one of you apply the force in a rotational direction, while the other applies force to pull the frame away from the seatpost.
• Evan

  Added 2013.04.25

  At the first sign of difficulty in moving a seatpost, remove the seatpost bolt completely, don't just loosen it. Sometimes this is all that it will take.
• Andrew

  Added 2013.04.23

  [You could clamp the tube of the seatpost in a vise, but you will ruin it unless you have cylindrical clamp blocks that fit it. Deforming the seatpost could damage the frame too and jam the seatpost in tighter, so clamp it up high. Other possibilities, once you have decided to sacrifice the seatpost, are to drill a hole through it for a bar, or to bend it over, being careful not to damage the frame. If you've drilled the seatpost for a bar, you might try pounding the seatpost out as well as twisting it-- John Allen]