opinions on Carbon seatposts

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THere are some no-name carbon posts for around $60-$80. Are they worth it? Specifically the one
sold by "Leader" and the one sold by "Fetish Cycles"

You've GOT to get the Fetish, of course!

Bill "Leader too much pressure" S.

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Ok, I am debating switching to a carbon seatpost. So, I have checked out that bastian of western
capitalism and free-market economics (OK, there was a little sarcasm there) called E-bay. THere are
some no-name carbon posts for around $60-$80. Are they worth it? Specifically the one sold by
"Leader" and the one sold by "Fetish Cycles" WOuld it be better to spend the extra $30 or so and
get an Easton?

I would stick with Easton, a very reputable company, for a few years. Once the other companies have
proven that they can make a solid product that will not fail, then you might consider buying them.
Have a post fail can have some very unpleasant consequences.
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Ok, I am debating switching to a carbon seatpost. So, I have checked out that bastian of western
capitalism and free-market economics (OK, there was a little sarcasm there) called E-bay.

THere are some no-name carbon posts for around $60-$80. Are they worth it? Specifically the one sold
by "Leader" and the one sold by "Fetish Cycles" WOuld it be better to spend the extra $30 or so and
get an Easton?

Thanks in advance, Jay

I got an ITM carbon post after the clamp mechanism on my Dura-Ace post broke and I can tell you that there is no difference at all between the two. Of all the other racers I know that have carbon posts, none of them think that they are any more comfortable than any other post.

Bought a Leader bike with fork and post. Selling the whole piece of [censored]. Want to buy?

Get a Thompson or a Chorus Ti.

Jon

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Quoted message said:

Ok, I am debating switching to a carbon seatpost. So, I have checked out that bastian of western
capitalism and free-market economics (OK, there was a little sarcasm there) called E-bay.

THere are some no-name carbon posts for around $60-$80. Are they worth it? Specifically the one
sold by "Leader" and the one sold by "Fetish Cycles" WOuld it be better to spend the extra $30 or
so and get an Easton?

Thanks in advance, Jay

check out the new thomson "masterpiece" seatpost

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Quoted message said:

Ok, I am debating switching to a carbon seatpost. So, I have checked out that bastian of western
capitalism and free-market economics (OK, there was a little sarcasm there) called E-bay.

THere are some no-name carbon posts for around $60-$80. Are they worth it? Specifically the one
sold by "Leader" and the one sold by "Fetish Cycles" WOuld it be better to spend the extra $30 or
so and get an Easton?

Thanks in advance, Jay

jjpsych-<< THere are some no-name carbon posts for around $60-$80. Are they worth it? Specifically
the one sold by "Leader" and the one sold by "Fetish Cycles" WOuld it be better to spend the extra
$30 or so and get an Easton? >><BR><BR>

Ask the guy that works for me that broke a seatpost(aluminum) and got badly injured in the
process(let your imagination figure out what ad where). I would be careful about anything that
attaches you to the bike, like seatpost, stem, bars, pedals...and beware of getting SLS for htis..

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adr-<< I would stick with Easton, a very reputable company >><BR><BR>

measure the Easton if ya get it. We are two for two with undersized carbon posts from them...

Peter Chisholm Vecchio's Bicicletteria 1833 Pearl St. Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535 vecchios.comvecchios.comOpen ↗ "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"