Who makes a strong seat post?

Bo Lind <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

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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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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

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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

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larger diameter posts more sturdy?

All of our bikes use one:

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- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

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.

If you get a Titec knock rated seatpost at least they will replace it for you if you do that again.
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My frame takes 27.2 mm seatposts. I know that's not going to change, but are larger diameter posts
more sturdy?

Oh, and yes.

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Check out Thomson. lhthomson.comlhthomson.comOpen ↗
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~Travis

Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

He could worship Santa for all I care. They make one tough post.

Mike - dislexic devil worshiper ;^)

John Morgan <[email hidden]> spoke thusly...

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Check out Thomson. lhthomson.comlhthomson.comOpen ↗
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~Travis

Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

Pardon?
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Check out Thomson. lhthomson.comlhthomson.comOpen ↗
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~Travis

Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

What, you don't believe in freedom of religeon?

Matt

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Hi All,

While trying to do a drop yesterday, to impress some girls (succeeding

in

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neither), I landed my 87 kilos on my poor KORE seatpost in a very

inelegant

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and brutal fashion, so now I have a nice angled seatpost... (about 5 to

10

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degrees I'd reckon, still rideable...)

A breaking seatpost is probably one of the last things I want happening

in

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the field (have no offspring yet, so better protect 'em jewels...), so

I'm

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looking for a new one.

My question is this; what seat posts are strong? I don't so much mind

the

Quoted message said:

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weight, as a few grams won't make a difference once I have myself and 5

kgs

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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

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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

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the way home from the store. So now I have a bfat lib. Morale: stick to

the

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trails.

If you get a Titec knock rated seatpost at least they will replace it for you if you do
that again.

but you can't replace testicles (working), yet at least not yet...

Dave

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Chris Phillipo said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

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.

If you get a Titec knock rated seatpost at least they will replace it for you if you do that again.

But then you face this issue: Titec, manufactor of other quite nice MTB bits, is ever stymied by the
elusive seatpost. They just cannot get it right. Over the weekend we bought my wife a Giant NRS1,
that came fitted with a Titec x-wing seatpost. The past models all had a pathetically underdesigned
clamp that broke. Often.

Now they've addressed the clamp, but in doing so have introduced the need to have a 5mm allen key
AND a 15mm open end wrench just to adjust the stupid thing.

Get a Thomson.

A

John Morgan said:

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Check out Thomson. lhthomson.comlhthomson.comOpen ↗
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~Travis

Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

Is this in regard to the Ayn Rand mission statement?

Shawn Curry said:

John Morgan said:

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Check out Thomson. lhthomson.comlhthomson.comOpen ↗
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~Travis

Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

Is this in regard to the Ayn Rand mission statement?

Oh yeah, and get a Thomson Devil/Ayn Rand or not.

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Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

Is this in regard to the Ayn Rand mission statement?

Oh yeah, and get a Thomson Devil/Ayn Rand or not.

Thompson make good posts. So do many other manufactures. This statement stuff is [censored], maybe the
machine operator is a GOTH!!! Would this alter the way in which you ride? Maybe it would make you
shoot someone? NO NO NO. I like X-Lite but only coz they all worship ME! ( that I found a one off
post for £10 didn't really come into the equation honest ).

Kent
PS I don't like keyboards as I often type Kemt that for some reason reminds me of Kermit the Frog,
maybe the Muppet show production company are all devil worshippers as well!

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Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

He could worship Santa for all I care. They make one tough post.

Mike - dislexic devil worshiper ;^)

It's true that they are tough. I had my bike mounted to the top of my car via a yakima rack, and I
tried to park in a covered parking space in an apartment complex. Ugh.

It ripped the rack off the car and severely dented the roof, as well as causing damage to the
aluminum awning. The main point of impact was the saddle/seatpost... which amazingly were undamaged
from the incident. It is a strong post indeed.

-John Morgan

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Yeah, too bad that guy worships the devil.

-John Morgan

Pardon?
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~Travis

LOL-- oh that...

One of the mechanics in the shop I work at met the guy who started Thomson seatposts just as they
were getting started. He met him at a race, and even scored one of the first prototype Thomson
posts. He said the guy is into devil worship.

-John Morgan

"Bo Lind" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My question is this; what seat posts are strong?

Bo

Everyone is way off; Thomson sucks ass.

If you need setback, get this: jensonusa.comproduct.aspOpen ↗ If not, get
this: cambriabike.comraceface xyo post.htmOpen ↗ If you are a total badass Dew
rider, get this: jensonusa.comproduct.aspOpen ↗ And if you'd like to get
the above, but are on a mildly limited budget, get this:
jensonusa.comproduct.aspOpen ↗

Chris

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Over the weekend we bought my wife a Giant NRS1, that came fitted with a Titec x-wing seatpost.
The past models all had a pathetically underdesigned clamp that broke. Often.

Now they've addressed the clamp, but in doing so have introduced the need to have a 5mm allen key
AND a 15mm open end wrench just to adjust the stupid thing.

My X-Wing was okay - I replaced the clamp with the new one and it works fine. What do you need an
open wrench for???

The new clamp design is really for people who couldn't notice that the round washer wasn't actually
round. Not paying attention, kinda brain-dead, etc.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

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.

roox.atRoox Components Startpage.htmOpen ↗

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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Quoted message said:

Hi All,

While trying to do a drop yesterday, to impress some girls

(succeeding in

Quoted message said:

neither), I landed my 87 kilos on my poor KORE seatpost in a very

inelegant

Quoted message said:

and brutal fashion, so now I have a nice angled seatpost... (about 5

to 10

Quoted message said:

degrees I'd reckon, still rideable...)

A breaking seatpost is probably one of the last things I want

happening in

Quoted message said:

the field (have no offspring yet, so better protect 'em jewels...),

so I'm

Quoted message said:

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.