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Submitted by
GlowBoy
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland OR USA
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | the entire Northwest | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Gallery | | Strengths: | Cheap. Micro-adjusts. Reasonably light, especially since I cut the length down a bit. | | Weaknesses: | Gradually slips, until the saddle nose is pointin' up and puttin' too much pressure on the boys. | | Similar Products Used: | Couple of Kalloys. Thudbuster on the mountain bike. | | Bike Setup: | 01 Bianchi Volpe, converted to singlespeed with V-brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Bought it for the micro-adjustment. It didn't cost too much, it doesn't weigh too much ... and it doesn't hold. No matter how much you crank down the bolt, jiggle the seat back and forth and crank it down again to make sure it's tight, it still starts to slip after a few miles. Before long the nose is higher than the tail and the boys are getting squeezed.
No budget for a Thomson, so I guess I'm getting the Salsa. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Ashland, OR
Date Reviewed: July 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Porcipine Rim | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light weight and cheap | | Weaknesses: | I broke my first one after two years of riding it--into tow pieces right in the middle of the shaft--while climbing!!! I wanted to ride the next day and this was the only 26.8 post my local bike shop had. Well after two years of riding the second one. It is now severely bent.
It also creaks from time to time | | Similar Products Used: | na | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler full-suspension | | Bottom Line: | It's light and cheap. It is the same post as the Zoom microset (which has horrible reviews). Don't even risk buying this post. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cameron allen
a Cross Country Rider
from north carolina
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | pee wees mountain bike park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | dicks sports store | | Strengths: | none realy hate to cut it down but i dont like it | | Weaknesses: | it bottomed out and it is stuck inside the seat post it dosent hold the seat solid were it wiggles it dont fit the hole it slips aroung easily and it scratches realy bad it. My advice dont use it | | Similar Products Used: | none
| | Bottom Line: | it sucks big time
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Submitted by
brendan
a Cross Country Rider
from silver spring md
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | my back yard | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | my friend's house | | Strengths: | It's kinda light, I got it because I needed any seatpost for a race, cus my bonty broke.
Nice color, goes well with the bike | | Weaknesses: | tad heavy, scratchy | | Similar Products Used: | thomson and bonty | | Bike Setup: | yay...I can brag about my bike now. Old Skool GT Rebound, Rock Shox Quad 21R, allllll XTR drivetrain, everything, baby, I wanted cro mo, and GT rebound, this is the first I found. | | Bottom Line: | Good seatpost, if you can still find it, you should buy it...heavier riders should stick to a fatter kind. for a buck from my friend, i'd say I got a pretty good deal | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Poida
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | bicycle recycle | | Strengths: | looks decent
pretty solid
good long post | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | KHS comp w/281's, LX, tioga cube stem | | Bottom Line: | really damn cheap!
pretty light and solid.
set it up 6 months ago and haven't touched it since. Looks good and far better than anything else i have tried in this price bracket. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joshua Smalley
a Weekend Warrior
from Salem, Illinois, USA
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Strong
Not too heavy
Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Nothing that I can think of. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock post on my Schwinn Mesa GS | | Bike Setup: | 1999 Schwinn Mesa GS, Panaracer FireXC Pro's, Jett XC, Titec Big-Al stem, Shimano M636 Pedals. | | Bottom Line: | A truly awesome post for the money. I paid $19 at the local shop. I bought it about 6 months ago when I got my new Specialized saddle. Unfortunatly, I wrecked it when I landed a 2 foot drop-off wrong. I had it extended pretty far and I am no lightweight (220lbs), so I am not really mad. Not to mention that it wasn't the first time I had messed up a jump on that post. That isn't all that was damaged though...*cough*. But, I am gonna run out and buy another one tomorrow at the shop, because for those six months it rocked. And at 19 bux, it's a steal. If I could I would give it more than 5 for the value, but since it did bend, even under the aformentioned circumstances, I can't in my right mind give it a 5... more like a 4.8... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
zach peterson
a Cross Country Rider
from oakridge, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | any with dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Extra long, sturdy, nice lookin' | | Weaknesses: | It seems to scratch easily | | Bike Setup: | 98' raliegh cross country. | | Bottom Line: | Strong and not overly heavy. The best dael in the world for under 30 bucks. I don't know how it handles under much weight, but for my 130 lbs. its steady as a rock. The bolt stays tight and the 410mm is expecialy nice.
i would definatly reccomend this post for and cross county racer who want's quality on a budget.For everybody who can afford a more expensive one, I would think twice and buy aviner and save 70 bucks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mike
a Cross Country Rider
from santa monica
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | chesebro, topanga | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | inexpensive, simple, 425MM, | | Weaknesses: | scratches easy | | Similar Products Used: | control tech, kalloy uno, thudbuster | | Bike Setup: | cannondale hard tail- xt, v-brakes, riser bars
and, I have one on my one speed MB | | Bottom Line: | The cheapest 425mm seatpost I came across.
All the other posts with two bolt seat stays broke and were always a pain to adjust, along ride on my thudbuster and I felt I'd been kicked in the nutz... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Weekend Warrior
from Johnson City TN
Date Reviewed: November 20, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Blue Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Price, and light weight | | Weaknesses: |
It broke in half after two years. Also the plastic adjuster is useless once its gets dirty | | Bike Setup: |
Santa Cruz Heckler | | Bottom Line: | This seatpost did everything it was supposed to do for two years -- until it broke. I weigh 175 and did have the post extended almost to it max--but it broke while pedaling up hill. I never had any problems with the seat coming lose or anything like that. I think it is the same post as the Zoom microset (it has Zoom stamped on the post). 3 chilis (or flaming dead horses) because it did break. | | Overall Rating: |
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