Carbon seat post

[Jason.T]

My bike is a boardman carbon 2013 ltd edition, love the bike and never really planed on upgrading anything

While looking through a well known bidding site (not sure if I'm allowed to mention names) I came across a boardman EP4 carbon seat post, I wouldn't ever consider spending £60 plus on a seat post but if I was to get it dirt cheap (currently at £2.20) would it be a beneficial upgrade or a waste of time?

 

[smokeysmoo]

Some say they help to reduce road buzz, some say they make for a more comfortable ride, I say neither and fail to see the point completely TBH.

Also, and I may or may not be alone with this, if I ever change my tune about carbon fibre, I'd personally never buy a second hand carbon fibre anything.

You'll never know if it's been torqued correctly, and if it has been over tightened the first you might know of it could be composite fibres in places I suspect you wouldn't want to have them

 

[Jason.T]

Some say they help to reduce road buzz, some say they make for a more comfortable ride, I say neither and fail to see the point completely TBH.

Also, and I may or may not be alone with this, if I ever change my tune about carbon fibre, I'd personally never buy a second hand carbon fibre anything.

You'll never know if it's been torqued correctly, and if it has been over tightened the first you might know of it could be composite fibres in places I suspect you wouldn't want to have them

Thanks for the quick reply mate, very good point about buying second hand carbon, never really thought of that, probably won't bother, suppose weight loss will be very minimal, the bike is only 8.6kg guess it's light enough

 

[smokeysmoo]

suppose weight loss will be very minimal

Yup, if you could notice the difference in weight under normal riding conditions I'd show my @rse on our local town hall square

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I'm a carbon enthusiast but I do agree with @smokeysmoo to a certain extent if only to stop him showing his @rse
I would most certainly show caution when buying a second hand carbon seat post. I undertake seat post battery conversions for electronic shifting systems such as Di2 and have seen a number of seat posts which show signs of being over tightened.

 

[PaulSecteur]

In my experience they can make from no difference to a lot of difference.

The carbon seatpost that came with my Roubaix is a no-frills jobbie and I cant tell the difference from an aluminium one.

I got a specialized Pave (with zertz) and I can tell it does reduce the road buzz enough to notice, and its more noticeable after some miles have been put on.

Recently I replaced that one with a specialized Coble-Gobl-R seatpost and when on a "buzzy" surface like chip and seal with surface damage its feels slightly better than the Pave, but when things get undulating it really does take the edge off a bump. Again, this might not be so noticeable if you were to have a 2 mile quickie, but I think its worth it after 40 or so.

Looks wise, I like its "form following function" design, but then again I like Zertz on the Roubaix.