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Title: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: bobafett on February 11, 2009, 05:34 PM

Here I am, hunting for dates again  :LolLolLolLol:


I have a two-piece two-bolt Dia Compe seat clamp (not the hinged fella) and i want to get a feel for when they were made so i know what era builds it would be correct for ?

 :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: bobafett on February 11, 2009, 05:46 PM

And here I am answering my own questions again  :LolLolLolLol:

I just had a rumage through my folders and found the dia compe 86 brochure that someone posted a link up to a while back and both types appear in there (piccy below). For some reason i had it in my head that the 2-piece came out first and was replaced by the hinged in the early eighties but i guess i was wrong  :-[

Well it's for an '84 build so i think it'll work just fine  :)

Piccy from the '86 catalogue:

(http://www.jpdeane.com/bmx/dcclamps.jpg)

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: stidds on February 11, 2009, 05:47 PM

Glad we could help  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: bobafett on February 11, 2009, 05:49 PM

Seriously - you guys are the best   :4_17_5:

 :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: stidds on February 11, 2009, 05:50 PM

An absolute wealth of knowledge on this site.......


Trouble is that knowledge is about drinking, taking drugs and eating, know fook all about bikes.

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: snav69 on February 11, 2009, 07:51 PM

I imagine they were made for years before and after 86  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: bobafett on February 11, 2009, 07:55 PM

Quote from: snav69 on February 11, 2009, 07:51 PM

I imagine they were made for years before and after 86  :daumenhoch:

What......... the drinks the drugs or the food  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: bobafett on February 12, 2009, 10:13 AM

Just got a reply on another site from someone saying they have an advert in a 1980 magazine depicting the 2-piece DC clamp and he swears it was around even earlier than that - so I guess it was around for a while and suitable for many builds  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: MartyC on February 12, 2009, 11:32 AM

They were around in the late 70's for sure, I had one on my Scorpion back in 1980  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: bobafett on February 12, 2009, 12:08 PM

I guess we're looking at around a 10 year window for these lil' fellas then  :-\

What a versatile little clamp it is  :)

Title: Re: Dia Compe Seat Post Clamp
Post by: snav69 on February 12, 2009, 12:24 PM

Quote from: bobafett on February 11, 2009, 07:55 PM

Quote from: snav69 on February 11, 2009, 07:51 PM

I imagine they were made for years before and after 86  :daumenhoch:

What......... the drinks the drugs or the food  :LolLolLolLol:

 ???
 :idiot2:  :uglystupid2: