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Who makes a strong seat post?
Hi All,
While trying to do a drop yesterday, to impress some girls (succeeding in neither), I landed my 87 kilos on my poor KORE seatpost in a very inelegant and brutal fashion, so now I have a nice angled seatpost... (about 5 to 10 degrees I'd reckon, still rideable...) A breaking seatpost is probably one of the last things I want happening in the field (have no offspring yet, so better protect 'em jewels...), so I'm looking for a new one. My question is this; what seat posts are strong? I don't so much mind the weight, as a few grams won't make a difference once I have myself and 5 kgs of stuff on it (The wonderful thing about being the one who bought a CamelBak, you get to haul everybodys stuff... . My frame takes 27.2 mm seatposts. I know that's not going to change, but are larger diameter posts more sturdy? Thanks in advance? Bo PS: And to add insult to injury, I made a face plant today. On asphalt. On the way home from the store. So now I have a bfat lib. Morale: stick to the trails. |
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"Bo Lind" wrote in message
... snip My question is this; what seat posts are strong? I don't so much mind the weight, as a few grams won't make a difference once I have myself and 5 kgs of stuff on it (The wonderful thing about being the one who bought a CamelBak, you get to haul everybodys stuff... . My frame takes 27.2 mm seatposts. I know that's not going to change, but are larger diameter posts more sturdy? All of our bikes use one: http://www.lhthomson.com/seatpost.asp - CA-G Can-Am Girls Kick Ass! |
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"Bo Lind" wrote in message ... My question is this; what seat posts are strong? Bo Everyone is way off; Thomson sucks ass. If you need setback, get this: http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.asp?number=32504 If not, get this: http://www.cambriabike.com/SALE/seat...e_xyo_post.htm If you are a total badass Dew rider, get this: http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.asp?number=32508 And if you'd like to get the above, but are on a mildly limited budget, get this: http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.asp?number=32506 Chris |
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Who makes a strong seat post?
Not sure if you can get them in the US easily, but in the UK - I got mine from
Wiggle, but I've got a Roox S4.2. It really is a lovely thing too. http://www.roox.at/COMPONENTS/Roox_C..._Startpage.htm you can see from the pic that the post has a hole drilled through that actual tube, which a beefy metal rod passes through - then the twin bolts go through that to the clamping part at the top. You may think that a hole drilled through the post might weaken it - but internally the tube is thinner at the bottom but thickens considerably toward the top. Other nice feature are a practically scratchproof anodization which stops it from getting marked one removal/insertion. But even better are the 1cm markings along the length of the tube so you can see how far it is in the seat tube. Useful if you usually have 2 'settings' - one for the uphill grinds, the other for the downhill fun. All in all a great seatpost, and with plenty of choice of diameters... CandT |
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Who makes a strong seat post?
"Bo Lind" wrote in
message ... Hi All, While trying to do a drop yesterday, to impress some girls (succeeding in neither), I landed my 87 kilos on my poor KORE seatpost in a very inelegant and brutal fashion, so now I have a nice angled seatpost... (about 5 to 10 degrees I'd reckon, still rideable...) A breaking seatpost is probably one of the last things I want happening in the field (have no offspring yet, so better protect 'em jewels...), so I'm looking for a new one. My question is this; what seat posts are strong? Bo Old Syncros seatposts are quite good, if you can find one on ebay. New Syncros (after their sale to GT, and subsequent resales. Hopefully Tom Ritchey resurrects the old quality with the name) seatposts evidently suffered from quality issues. Old Syncros posts can be recognized by the lettering, where the letters are upright when the post is vertical, as opposed to the new ones, where the letters are upright when the post is horizontal. ie |S| |Y| |N| |C| |R| |O| |S| is old. Syncros mind you is strong and light, I'm afraid I can't help you with your strong and heavy search. |
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Who makes a strong seat post?
Bo Lind wrote:
While trying to do a drop yesterday, to impress some girls (succeeding in neither), I landed my 87 kilos on my poor KORE seatpost in a very inelegant and brutal fashion, so now I have a nice angled seatpost... (about 5 to 10 degrees I'd reckon, still rideable...) That post is NOT reideable. If it's been bent enough to be obvious, it's in serious danger of a total failure - and that is something you do NOT want to happen. Do yourself a big favor and replace it before you ride again - even an "easy ride". My question is this; what seat posts are strong? I don't so much mind the weight, as a few grams won't make a difference once I have myself and 5 kgs of stuff on it (The wonderful thing about being the one who bought a CamelBak, you get to haul everybodys stuff... . The Thomson is indeed got a good record for reliability, though I suspect much of that is because it's a no-offset post (reducing the stress significantly). The American Classic posts also have a good rap for being cheap and reliable and even pretty light. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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