Seat Postscript

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ayceejay

Guru
Location
Rural Quebec
Until recently a seat post was a seat post and my only relationship with one was to move it up or down and to fiddle with the other end to adjust a saddle but then - well you have already read the other two seat post posts I am sure so -
A seat post can be made of different materials, it can be different diameters and different lengths, it can even have a 'set back' so my question is, although bikes come with a seat post more or less unnoticed what informs the manufacturers decision? If you were building a bike from scratch what seat post would you choose?:idea:
 

RecordAceFromNew

Swinging Member
Location
West London
If you were building a bike from scratch what seat post would you choose?:idea:

Raceface Turbine. It is NOT carbon (tick), it is adequately light (tick), it is beautifully made (tick) and to cap it all it has an adjustment and clamp mechanism that has to be seen to fully appreciate, and which make it superior to the far more common Thomson's.
 
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