Damaged IRD seatpost

[Guigui58]

I made a separate thread about an old Cannondale I found here.

One of the parts it came with is this IRD seatpost, which was a pleasant surprise! Something less pleasant was finding out that the beam used to tighten the saddle has a crack...




Could it be replaced or realistically repaired? I would obviously like to salvage it!

 

[ishaw]

Plenty of oats have that style of fitting, buy a cheap one for parts, or you could buy some tube and cut some holes, I say tube, I mean rod.

 

[gtturbo]

Try @synlos he may be able to help you out.

 

[Guigui58]

I was under the impression that the cracked piece was bonded to the main seatpost part, but I was able to remove it.



As @ishaw said, I'll find a 1/2" aluminum rod and make a new part, it shouldn't be too hard!