Can I Rotate My Seat Clamp To Look Cooler? 😎

Can I Rotate My Seat Clamp To Look Cooler? 😎 Here's all you need to know! 📖

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[FIGHTTHECABLE]

So why not make the gap front facing? Would hinder dirt and mud from getting into the seat tube

[rupedog]

The clamp gap goes with the frame gap, period. The clamp gap closes and so closes the frame gap... That's how it's engineered.... Obviously!!!

[jeigenseher]

I was always told by my elders to orientate the gap on the clamp 180 degrees out from the slot in the frame. I assumed it was to keep the clamp from creasing the frame.

[natestevens]

It 100 percent makes a difference esp for qr clamps

[Gabesafish]

Have owned 2 different frames now where the post would slip when both gaps oriented together. Problem solved when opposed.

[jeloneq]

I had to rotate it 180 because I couldn't mount my backlight on a seat tube. If I were to leave the clamp as intended I would be forced to keep my backligt lower and then its covered by giant 29 inch wheel and you can't see it properly.

[blackcyclist]

Can honestly say I've never ever ever wasted time on this thought 😂😂

[tmg]

I have a quick release that rotates whenever i use it so it is rarely aligned

[stujm]

I è are both forward facing because I have external cable routed droppers on both my pre internal routing bikes… they work a treat as they are…😬

[krissk]

That's for round seat posts... those square etc you can't do anything. U use them as they are 😅

[downhillupside]

If you're doing super steep janky tech and you get off line and have to partially jump off your bike, youll often fall behind the seat while still holding the bars. Jamming a sharp (depending on brand) seat clamp into your crotch or thigh is extremely uncomfortable. Hence having it the other way round.