The seat is not meant to be adjusted, for this frame it sits on a stop at the bottom of the travel. You should slide it all the way down and tighten it. If its too short for you it means the mast has been cut too short. If you are unable to find a piece that has been cut off that you can slide into the frame first you are screwed and need to buy a new seat post. Scott shops may have spares.

How much do you need? 1inch a couple of cm?

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Yes Bigcheese is correct. You most likely cut your seatpost too short. It was suppose to be cut within 5mm's of your typica seat height. Then you were to use the 1mm, 2mm, and 5mm spacers that fit into the bottom of the seatpost before installlation. The spacers should have been included with your frame. If you have cut the seatpost too short, try re-using the extra seatpost you cut off as extra large spacers if you really need the extra height.

Hmmmmmm

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Formerly TriBrad02

HAHA yeah if i had a dime for everytime I heard that.

I understand now. The seller has offered to send a new post. Thanks for the help.

I had the same problem with my wife's bike and did what you did, grease, etc. Best luck i had was applying some electric tape, sticky on both sides, to the top piece of the wedge, then sliding seat post and and wedge in at same time. Put the wedge and seatpost together close to where it will be when inserted so tape doesn't move. Worked like a charm, no slippage at all. They have some non slip stuff on the seatpost but it didn't go high enough or work. I did grease the bolt threads.

Thanks for the tip. Might use it if waiting for the new one becomes too unbearable, ha!

I’ve been interested in purchasing a Scott Plasma Premium 3 for some time. This seatpost matter has given me great pause. The last two that I’ve inquired about have been 1”-1 1/2” shorter than my center of crank to bottom of saddle rails measurement (at the center of the seatpost). I don’t have a Scott dealer near me and haven’t seen any new seat posts available online. I have some questions.

Is anyone aware of a source for these seat posts? Price?
Are the shimkits still available?
Can you safely shim up to 4 cm?
Has anyone used anything else to create a shim (i.e.-could one be fabricated from wood)?
Finally, is anyone aware of a Scott representative or a dealer that is highly knowledgeable of this particular bike and this matter?

I greatly appreciate any help as I’ve let this matter hold me back from making this purchase.

Roger

I will also post in the owners thread.