Re: Seatpost suffering a minor setback

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

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Ivar Hesselager wrote:
> I have for long been wanting a seatpost with a major setback; just
> half an inch more than what I have, would be fine (for the steepest
> climbs.)
> And luckily today I found an inch long crack in my carbon seatpost. So now
> I must buy a new one - for safety reasons. ;-(
> Searching my favourite webstores I have found a FSA K-Force Carbon
> post which is claimed to have a 3.5 cm setback: But I'm no sure if
> that is enough.


The FSA SL-220 is the aluminum version of the K-Force Carbon. It also has
35mm of setback.

To measure setback, they measure from the center of the diameter of the post
to the center of the clamping area.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training