Cheap 28.6 x 350 Seatpost Wanted

[John Latter]

Hi,

I'm looking for a (cheap) 28.6 diameter plain straight alloy
seat post with 22.2mm head and 350mm in length - can anyone
help please?

The link below shows the kinda thing I'm after - I would've
bought it straightaway 'cept I got a bit miffed over the p&p
being £5 when the seatpost itself is only £11:

http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item7264.htm

I'll probably end up buying it anyway - once I've got over
sulking ..

:)

--

John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an
extension to homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations
to the Baldwin Effect.
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[Sam Salt]

John Latter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a (cheap) 28.6 diameter plain straight
> alloy seat post with 22.2mm head and 350mm in length - can
> anyone help please?
>
> The link below shows the kinda thing I'm after - I
> would've bought it straightaway 'cept I got a bit
> miffed over the p&p being £5 when the seatpost itself
> is only £11:
>
> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item7264.htm
>
> I'll probably end up buying it anyway - once I've got over
> sulking ..
>
> :)

Sorry can't help with the seatpost but yes I agree that some
firms are over the top on postage,SJSC in particular.Settle
Cycles and one or two others can do free postage and still
make a profit.. Had an e-mail from Wiggle yesterday to say
they are doing free postage until I think it is the 25th.of
April if that helps.

Sam Salt

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[John Latter]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:28:18 +0000 (UTC), "Sam Salt"
<i.broadheadnocrap@btinternetnocrap.com> wrote:

>John Latter wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for a (cheap) 28.6 diameter plain straight
>> alloy seat post with 22.2mm head and 350mm in length -
>> can anyone help please?
>>
>> The link below shows the kinda thing I'm after - I
>> would've bought it straightaway 'cept I got a bit
>> miffed over the p&p being £5 when the seatpost itself
>> is only £11:
>>
>> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item7264.htm
>>
>> I'll probably end up buying it anyway - once I've got
>> over sulking ..
>>
>> :)
>
>Sorry can't help with the seatpost but yes I agree that
>some firms are over the top on postage,SJSC in
>particular.Settle Cycles and one or two others can do free
>postage and still make a profit.. Had an e-mail from Wiggle
>yesterday to say they are doing free postage until I think
>it is the 25th.of April if that helps.
>
>
>Sam Salt

Thanks Sam :)

I did do some searching but never found Settle Cycles
so I'll have another go at Google (managed to find
Wiggle though!)

--

John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an
extension to homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations
to the Baldwin Effect.
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html

'Where Darwin meets Lamarck?' Discussion Egroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evomech

[Sam Salt]

John Latter wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:28:18 +0000 (UTC), "Sam Salt"
> <i.broadheadnocrap@btinternetnocrap.com> wrote:
>
>> John Latter wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a (cheap) 28.6 diameter plain straight
>>> alloy seat post with 22.2mm head and 350mm in length -
>>> can anyone help please?
>>>
>>> The link below shows the kinda thing I'm after - I
>>> would've bought it straightaway 'cept I got a bit
>>> miffed over the p&p being £5 when the seatpost itself
>>> is only £11:
>>>
>>> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item7264.htm
>>>
>>> I'll probably end up buying it anyway - once I've got
>>> over sulking ..
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>> Sorry can't help with the seatpost but yes I agree that
>> some firms are over the top on postage,SJSC in
>> particular.Settle Cycles and one or two others can do
>> free postage and still make a profit.. Had an e-mail from
>> Wiggle yesterday to say they are doing free postage until
>> I think it is the 25th.of April if that helps.
>>
>>
>> Sam Salt
>
> Thanks Sam :)
>
> I did do some searching but never found Settle Cycles so
> I'll have another go at Google (managed to find Wiggle
> though!)

Settle Cycles :- http://www.settlecycles.co.uk/shop/

Sam Salt

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[John Latter]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:56:09 +0000 (UTC), "Sam Salt"
<i.broadheadnocrap@btinternetnocrap.com> wrote:

>John Latter wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:28:18 +0000 (UTC), "Sam Salt"
>> <i.broadheadnocrap@btinternetnocrap.com> wrote:
>>
>>> John Latter wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a (cheap) 28.6 diameter plain straight
>>>> alloy seat post with 22.2mm head and 350mm in length -
>>>> can anyone help please?
>>>>
>>>> The link below shows the kinda thing I'm after - I
>>>> would've bought it straightaway 'cept I got a bit
>>>> miffed over the p&p being £5 when the seatpost itself
>>>> is only £11:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sjscycles.com/store/vIndex.htm?item7264.htm
>>>>
>>>> I'll probably end up buying it anyway - once I've got
>>>> over sulking ..
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>
>>> Sorry can't help with the seatpost but yes I agree that
>>> some firms are over the top on postage,SJSC in
>>> particular.Settle Cycles and one or two others can do
>>> free postage and still make a profit.. Had an e-mail
>>> from Wiggle yesterday to say they are doing free postage
>>> until I think it is the 25th.of April if that helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sam Salt
>>
>> Thanks Sam :)
>>
>> I did do some searching but never found Settle Cycles so
>> I'll have another go at Google (managed to find Wiggle
>> though!)
>
>Settle Cycles :- http://www.settlecycles.co.uk/shop/
>
>Sam Salt

Thanks for the link Sam!

Er, this is going to sound like a rather naive question but
do saddles fit all of the different 'tops' to seatposts?
(without any extra fittings being required I mean).

It's just that I don't know a lot about bikes & I don't want
to order a seatpost & then find neither of my saddles fit
without some other kind of attachment (also, if you don't
mind me asking another question, are some types of tops
considered better than others?).

Regards,

--

John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an
extension to homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations
to the Baldwin Effect.
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html

'Where Darwin meets Lamarck?' Discussion Egroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evomech

[Pete Biggs]

John Latter wrote:

> Er, this is going to sound like a rather naive question
> but do saddles fit all of the different 'tops' to
> seatposts?

Nearly all modern saddles fit nearly all seatposts.
Not likely to be a problem unless you've got a super-
naff saddle.

> (without any extra fittings being required I mean).

I noticed in another reply you pointed out a plain seatpost
with no built-in saddle clamp on top. These require a
separate clamp. They're not so good. Modern seatposts with a
built-in clamp provide more and finer adjustment and also
save weight.

> It's just that I don't know a lot about bikes & I don't
> want to order a seatpost & then find neither of my saddles
> fit without some other kind of attachment (also, if you
> don't mind me asking another question, are some types of
> tops considered better than others?).

There are different types of clamping system. Most seatposts
have "micro adjust" types with one bolt to tighten saddle
and usually fine steps to alter the tilt. Some better and
more expensive seatposts use two bolts and a stepless
design. Most people are happy enough with the micro-adjust
types, though, and they are cheaper. I recommend you get one
of these instead of a plain post.

Then there's another choice to be made: Do you need the
saddle well forward or directly inline with the seatpost?
You need an "inline" seatpost if so. Most have some setback
or layback, though - these place the saddle back a bit: get
this type if in doubt.

~PB

[John Latter]

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:32:22 +0100, "Pete Biggs"
<pclemantine{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:

>John Latter wrote:
>
>> Er, this is going to sound like a rather naive question
>> but do saddles fit all of the different 'tops' to
>> seatposts?
>
>Nearly all modern saddles fit nearly all seatposts.
>Not likely to be a problem unless you've got a super-
>naff saddle.
>
>> (without any extra fittings being required I mean).
>
>I noticed in another reply you pointed out a plain seatpost
>with no built-in saddle clamp on top. These require a
>separate clamp. They're not so good. Modern seatposts with
>a built-in clamp provide more and finer adjustment and also
>save weight.
>
>> It's just that I don't know a lot about bikes & I don't
>> want to order a seatpost & then find neither of my
>> saddles fit without some other kind of attachment (also,
>> if you don't mind me asking another question, are some
>> types of tops considered better than others?).
>
>There are different types of clamping system. Most
>seatposts have "micro adjust" types with one bolt to
>tighten saddle and usually fine steps to alter the tilt.
>Some better and more expensive seatposts use two bolts and
>a stepless design. Most people are happy enough with the
>micro-adjust types, though, and they are cheaper. I
>recommend you get one of these instead of a plain post.
>
>Then there's another choice to be made: Do you need the
>saddle well forward or directly inline with the seatpost?
>You need an "inline" seatpost if so. Most have some setback
>or layback, though - these place the saddle back a bit: get
>this type if in doubt.
>
>~PB
>

Thanks for the info Pete - originally I was looking for the
type which I'm familiar with but after looking at some 'blow-
ups' of seatposts (and reading your post) I can now look
further afield!

Regards,

--

John Latter

Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism (based on an
extension to homeostasis) linking Stationary-Phase Mutations
to the Baldwin Effect.
http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html

'Where Darwin meets Lamarck?' Discussion Egroup
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