Thomson Seat Post?

UniDudeDX said:

I am ordering one tomorrow, and wanted to know if a rail adapter is
really needed and if there is one that doesn't add much rise to the
seat.

All input appreciated.😄

A rail adapter is only needed if you want to be able to connect the
Thompson to your seat.

(Seriously, how else were you planning to use it?)

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A rail adapter is needed unless you have a Scott Wallis carbon fiber
base or are willing to modify your base to accept the two bolt
configuration of the thomson base.

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why would you kill the 5 yr olds? there's so much more fun things you
can do with them 🙄

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kerosian said:

A rail adapter is needed unless you have a Scott Wallis carbon fiber
base or are willing to modify your base to accept the two bolt
configuration of the thomson base.

no i knew i needed a rail addapter...but i was wondering if there were
any tohers besides the kh one.that wouldent make the seat go up so
high.

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Naomi said:

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Up so high? You just use the seat clamp to lower it. Or do you mean
angle? The angle of the seat is fully up to you.

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If this is for your trials unicycle I wouldn't recommend the rail
adapter. You end up loosing most of the weight saved by the thomson
post and the adapter can be mean to your hands during sif.

Also, rather than buy one new from a shop I'd check on ebay for the
thomson, you can get some pretty good deals even on new ones there.

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I wish Steve Howard would make more of his rail adapters; they are
lighter and cleaner than the KH ones.

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Brian O. said:

If this is for your trials unicycle I wouldn't recommend the rail
adapter. You end up loosing most of the weight saved by the thomson
post and the adapter can be mean to your hands during sif.

Also, rather than buy one new from a shop I'd check on ebay for the
thomson, you can get some pretty good deals even on new ones there.

but i cant have a thomson without the rail adapter.

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UniDudeDX said:

but i cant have a thomson without the rail adapter.

Then dont waste your money on a thomson until Scott Wallis starts
making his CF bases again.

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Brian O. said:

Then dont waste your money on a thomson until Scott Wallis starts making
his CF bases again.

exactly. If you want a nice post i suggest buying a pit fighter.

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Brian O said:

You rode around naked on a unicycle in your basement? That's both mildly
creepy and hilarious.

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Yeah, isn't the gusseted quax supposed to be really nice? I haven't
really heard much of anything about it, but it looks like it could
stand up to some abuse. Maybe you should get something other than a cc
while your at it!

Side note, anybody knwo where to get an eagle claw int he states?
Trialsin has them, but for some reason they are like 100 ea.

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mornish said:

exactly. If you want a nice post i suggest buying a pit fighter.

do they come in 25.4?

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Naomi said:

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UniDudeDX said:

do they come in 25.4?

No but the aluminum qu-ax with the gusset does, I suggest that one.

They don't have it at the US UDC but from what I've been told the
shipping isn't too bad from the UK: http://tinyurl.com/2jdk2h

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Dont buy a Thomson post unless you have a Scott Wallis CF base....Just
buy the Quax Reinforced seatpost from MDC. Its 25.4.

Rail adapters suck so much for SIF, you have to find some new way to do
SIF if you get a rail adapter.

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so Isaac had a "hazmat" moment

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tholub said:

I wish Steve Howard would make more of his rail adapters; they are
lighter and cleaner than the KH ones.

Got a pic? Diagram? Blueprint?

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maestro8 said:

Got a pic? Diagram? Blueprint?

We have machines. We have torches. We have metal.

I can take a picture later. It's basically the plate that goes against
the seat and two rectangular rails; no front plate, no brake lever
post. I have one on Zippy, my minimal 29er, and I would replace my
other KH rail adapters, if there were more of these available.

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Picture of a Jagur's broken one (Ti):
[image:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2792&stc=1&d=1074138958]
UDC's picture when they were still for sale (not Ti):
[image:
http://www.unicycle.com/images/catalog/hardware/seatposts/SPSHBRKT.JPG]

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agentQ said:

Don't quote me on that.

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Yeah, that's the one. Simple.

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Brian O. said:

Then dont waste your money on a thomson until Scott Wallis starts making
his CF bases again.

Does anyone have any sense as to when these will become available?

I'd like to get my mitts on several of them.

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It is possable to attach the Thomson post to a standard base.

I was gonna do it so I can find out how well it holds up that way. Ive
seen one other person on here do it, and that was years ago, and I dont
remember him saying how well it held up, so im guessing no one else
here truely knows either.

It would be a fun thing to try.

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