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Submitted by
Q
a Cross Country Rider
from Northern VA
Date Reviewed: December 28, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Strengths: | Strong, very light, interesting clamp design | | Weaknesses: | Easy to scratch, kind of exspensive, but half what some of their top of the line carbon posts go for now... | | Similar Products Used: | Generic post that came with bike | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | When I bought this years back there was a lot of buzz around Easton's carbon bars and posts, and it was all quite positive in terms of the strength and feather weight properties of this miracle material. I made the plunge for their mountain post and haven't regretted it yet. My saddle had uneven rails (I got it from a friend who didn't like its lopsided feel on his post) and this post solved the problem flawlessly. I also learned to grease the clamp bolts to keep it from creaking, and the finish is delicate compared (just be careful installing carbon posts into metal frames) to metal components, but beyond these minor details I quickly grew to love it. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Waterloo
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Better than good | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Hard-tails | | Bottom Line: | Follow-up to my previous review....after 1000kms...
Want a good post that's light get this one. There is a reason to buy carbon..it's light and it dampens vibrations. I've ridden it in 30 degree and below zero temperature without issue. My advice, buy it from a shop and get them to help you set it up (sure it's a seatpost) but just about everyone fails to oil the bolts that clamp onto the rails (don't oil the rails just the bolts). That emliminates the squeking you hear people complaining about. I'm 6" and weigh 210 lbs and this thing is solid. The seat doesn't move, the bolts are easy to tighten and the allen bolt has a nice depth so you can really get the key in there. My only complaint is the finish, for the price of the post the finish should be more durable. I take my post off frequently to put my bike in the trunk, if you don't take the post out often then it won't be an issue. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark Todd
a Weekend Warrior
from Zululand
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with SC Blur | | Strengths: | Vert light post, seat clamp works well, damps vibration | | Weaknesses: | The glue on the aluminium head broke loose on mine, never actually came right off, but started making creaking noises. If you're very heavy (100kg plus) rather get something aluminium that will bend rather than break. | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face, Icon | | Bike Setup: | SC Blur | | Bottom Line: | It failed, but only after 2 years use, and Easton replaced it free of charge, which I think is great back up service. A special thanks to Fanie at Zululand cyles for organising the replacement. The bike was not bought from them, but he still came through and arranged the warranty replacement. Support your local shop and they'll support you!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony Senger
a Weekend Warrior
from New Berlin, WI, USA
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | The Connector @ S. Kettle Moraine | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | On line somewhere!?! | | Strengths: | Light weight, good stiffness, absorbs higher frequency stuff pretty good | | Weaknesses: | The clamping system is a little on the weak side and creeked badly (until oiled regularly). Carbon post left untouched in my frame for 2 years require Super Hero efforts to remove! | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, FSA, American Classic, On-One | | Bike Setup: | '01 Tomac 78 Special, SRAM 9.0SL, Truvativ Stylo Crankset & BB, Rockshox Judy SL, WTB saddle, King Hubs laced Mavic223's running Stan's No-Tubes | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line is that Carbon saves weight and that's about the only good thing that can be said on this post. The clamping mechanism on this post is not really all that robust and slipped several times on me as well as being squeaky. Also, the biggest gripe I have is how terribly siezed up my post got into my frame. If you plan on using Carbon be VERY wary. Mine was in the frame for 2 years without moving and to get it out took HUGE efforts and actually ended up damaging the post. Very dissappointing in the big picture to have a post that performed OK but then was a miserable failure when trying to move it or get it out of the bike. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fred Sled
a Weekend Warrior
from Spawn Ranch, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Your Mother | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Light, stiff, strong, looks cool, matches the easton bars. | | Weaknesses: | The only weakness is the surface, it's composite coated with some kind of clearcoat, or course it's going to scratch, and it can be easily damaged by smacking into rocks. Try cleaning and lightly sanding the inside of your seat tube to remove any grit, burs or other debris before installing the post. | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, Kalloy, Robinson, GT, Uni, etc, etc. | | Bike Setup: | I have these posts on two bikes. | | Bottom Line: | Excellent product. I had some creaking issues with a Ti railed seat, a spot of grease took care of it for good.
The bottom line is, if you like parts that look cool and do their job too, this is a nice upgrade. As far as the finish goes, I've seen tons of aluminum posts with a damaged finish too. If you prep the frame properly and keep the clamp tight enough so the post doesn't slip, you should have no problems at all. In the real world a $5 post from Wal-mart would serve the same purpose, but, when a decent frame runs well over $500 why would you put a $5 post in it?
Does anyone who posted they snapped one of these posts have a picture they can share? Click my name and email me. Did you follow the minimum insertion marks?
If you can find one of these posts in the classifieds here for a decent price, buy it.
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Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Waterloo
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | scenic | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Light
Instructions (essential) | | Weaknesses: | Finish is horrible
| | Similar Products Used: | First carbon post I've had | | Bike Setup: | F700 hardtail
Heavy rider | | Bottom Line: | Who the hell reads instructions for a seat post? I should have...blamed post for slipping and squeeking until I actually read the instructions. If I had read the instructions in the first place I would end the review right here and say it's a great post. From my experience it is absolutely crucial to remove all grease from inside inside the seat tube, I bought my bike used and couldn't believe how much grease was in there (previous owner had a grease fetish?), I ended up using comet and a tooth brush. Don't just wipe the inside or twirl a rag into it. Clean out your damn seat post tube! You can stop cleaning once you can stick paper towel in there and it comes out without grease.
Strength; I weigh 215 and use it on the trails without any problem. I'll wait for it to break before I believe reviews that say I shouldn't use it. I was cruising thru the downtown park and saw a nice grassy hill to jump off, I was wearing flip-flops and my feet slipped off the pedals...landed right on the seat post and it didn't break. Post flexes a little but not too much.Possible saddle adjustments are great; point seat down to about a 30 degree angle and up as well (if you're into that sort of thing. No saddle movement, snug and reliable.
Weakness; The finish is fragile, but this only affects the part that goes into tube. It should be better quality.
Summary; It's no hassle to install, sure a seat post is no-brainer but it's not that bad. IF you're buying carbon then biking is probably important to you and spending time on your bike is a given. I have put about 1000km's on this post.
Recommendation; don't buy the post if spending a half-hour is too much time to spend on an install (clean seat tube and grease saddle bolts) and if you worry that carbon is weak. The post does flex so you'll never feel comfortable on it. Face it, this post is for weight weenies, why else buy it? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Mannheim
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Flat Rock Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambriabike | | Strengths: | Lightweight, looks high-tech | | Weaknesses: | Seatbolts creak and need to be tightened a lot. | | Similar Products Used: | all sorts of aluminum posts | | Bike Setup: | XC-Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | After I bought the post it started creaking fairly early in the game. Then I greasaed the bolts and the creak was gone forever ...kinda weird... Havent had any other performance problems as far as breaking. It absorbs shocks very nively and has a snappy feel on a hardtail. I've heard of all the stories of the post breaking. I would only use it for XC (although I slam it around too but I'm failry lightweight (160lbs.
--This is NOT a freeride product. Unless you crave hospital food. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lucifer
a Cross Country Rider
from Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: September 3, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Lightweight,does not slip. | | Weaknesses: | Easily scratched, be careful with seatclamp | | Bike Setup: | Focus Hot Venus, Truvativ crank, XT pulley's XT cassette,Avid SD Ti V-Brakes, Magnum R fork, Syntace VRO, Cane Creek, Selle Italia Flite Ti. | | Bottom Line: | Easton CT2 seatpost gives the bike a good look and above all good comfort. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Naly Randrianarivelo
a Cross Country Rider
from Bagshot, Surrey, UK
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Swinley Forest & Leith Hill (Surrey) | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$38.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Lightest post I've ever ridden. Also the most comfortable. I ride a full sus and the carbon brings extra flex so I can set up my rear shock a bit harder. Took one ride to bed in and never moved since then even if riding pretty hard on it. | | Weaknesses: | It's scary the way it gets easily scratched. | | Similar Products Used: | USE alien Carbon (a nightmare) | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC NRS. Marz Marathon S, Mavic x317 on hope xc hubs,Formula B4 Team, Easton CT2 MonkeyLite handlebar, Sam Marc | | Bottom Line: | I really love this post but I worry a bit about the scratches. I'd better purchase another same one (as a back up). Only 4 chillies for the piece of mind (or the lack of it) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Somxay
a Racer
from Philadelphia
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Light and strong | | Weaknesses: | Carbon fiber scrathes easily and it shows | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Team Vertex SC, XTR, Crossmax UST, Sid Race, 21 LBS race bike. | | Bottom Line: | I have used the CT2 seatpost on all my bikes and loved them. I have no problem of ridding really heard on them. Easton makes the strongest carbons around. I have used Easton's Monkeylite XC, CT2 and SL and never had a problem with them. But they do scratch easily, but take care of them and they will do the same and try not to crash or fall. Easton products holds up great and they make great products. If you are looking for a light wieght seatpost, this is the one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
E
a Downhiller
from Honolulu
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | RAGING ISLE | | Strengths: | LIGHT, CHEAP(ALLWAYS ON SALE NOW) | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | XTR | | Bike Setup: | FETISH,STYLO,MRP,DORADO,MONKEY LIGHT XC,HAYES,321s,XTR | | Bottom Line: | I AM PRETTY HARD ON MY BIKE. OTHERS ARE HARDER ON THEIRS. I HAD A 200# FRIEND THAT WIPES OUT HARD ON EVERY RIDE WITH EASTON CARBON PRODUCTS AND HE INSPIRED ME. I WAS WEARY AND STILL AM CONCERNED BUT NO PROBLEMS YET. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Te Man
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz, CA
Date Reviewed: February 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | friend | | Strengths: | light | | Weaknesses: | questionable reliability, crappy clamp | | Similar Products Used: | alum. stuff | | Bottom Line: | The clamp creaked a bunch,So I greased rails, then my seat slipped. Finally I crashed and bent the tabs that hold the seat in so that they would no longer hold the seat at all. I shimmed it out with aluminum can strips and the seat no longer creaks/slips.
I don't think carbon fiber has a place in Mountain Biking, it scratches too easily and is weakened greatly. I also have monkey lite bars, which are scratched. I haven't broken either product, but I don't have peace of mind when I ride. Don't think I'll ever go carbon for seat post or bar again, despite the weight savings.
-1 turd for peace of mind, -1 for crappy clamp | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Richardson, Texas
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Northshore | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Lite weight, absorbs vibration, feels good in your hand and looks cool. | | Weaknesses: | Scratches easy if you readjust much. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager lite. | | Bike Setup: | Ventana Salty, Fox Float 100RL, Chris King/317, Next LP, XTR, Thompson Stem, EC90 Flatbar, Chris King Patriot, Hope Mini's, Mutano Raptor 2.4, SLR. | | Bottom Line: | I've had no problems w/this post. This is my first season to ride w/it on a Mt. Tam. hardtale. When I started I weighted 223lbs. and have had some brutal wipeouts it was really put through a alot of abuse. Down to 198lbs. now and fewer crashes. Bottom line is I just ordered a new Salty from Mad Duck and spec'd it w/a Thomp. Elite and changed it to the new EC70 post I think this post looks bad to the bone and I know this is obsene but it feels great in my hand. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from TX
Date Reviewed: December 10, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | looks cool, light, good vibration dampening | | Weaknesses: | clamp sucked! Post snapped!! | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson Elite, Titec X-wing | | Bike Setup: | SS hardtail | | Bottom Line: | I liked this post even though I never could get the clamp to stop squeaking. Supposedly the newer version has addressed this problem? I'm still waiting to see if Easton is going to warantee the post. If not, I'll never do business with them again. The customer service guy told my hook-up at the shop that I probably overtightened it!! To that I say bull$hit. I always used a torque wrench and never overtightened the thing!! I will say that the post broke well, meaning that it wasn't catastrophic. I at first thought I broke a rail on my saddle. Bottom line, for the price of this post it should last longer than a year! If and when they send me my new post, I'm going to turn around and sell it, then buy a Moots Ti post and be done with it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dirty Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from Black Forest
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Purchased At: | hibike | | Strengths: | - strong
- light
| | Similar Products Used: | - Snycros Hardcore (very good !)
- Thomson ELite (Flawless !) | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar LE, XTR, Crossmax UST, Atom Race, Easton Monkeylite Riser, Easton stem | | Bottom Line: | This is a follow up to my earlier review.
Since I installed the post some 10 months ago it has been working absolutely without any problem.
No creaking, no splipping. What else is there to say ?
Bottom Line: buy it, if you are a XC rider who likes carbon fibre stuff. Otherwise, stop crying and buy some Thomson Elite ! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Gramp
a Cross Country Rider
from South Jersey
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Fairhills MD | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Online | | Strengths: | Lightwieght, bump absorbing | | Weaknesses: | screw strips if you adjust it alot | | Similar Products Used: | Uno 3Dlite, Thompson, Salsa | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC Frame | | Bottom Line: | I weigh 200lbs. This is a strong post. The screw used for adjusting angle stripped out. Julio @ Veletec Sports warrantied it with no hassle. Call him if you have probs. @1(800)578-5790. Great post, I cant figure out how anybody could have broken the post, you are supposed to get out of the saddle when you jump, dumbass. You should not buy this post if you like to sit on the seat when jumping. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
George
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any and all | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | City Cycles (Melb) | | Strengths: | OK firstly this review is of the EC70 which is the successor of the CT2. (The differences lie in the clamp design and a slightly tighter weave of the quill)
-OBSORBTION, I ride a alluminium hardtail, once i installed this post it almost felt like a softail.
I recommend this post for anyone who has harsh biting hardtail.
-Weight, when i first picked it up i nearly hit myself in the head with it. What else can i say!
-Looks. This post really looks the money. (It bloody should, it costs enough of it.)
Cannot yet comment on the strength of this post because i havent had it long enough. | | Weaknesses: | OK things to be wary of.
DO NO OVERTIGHTEN THE SEAT CLAMP. The warranty clearly states that it needs to be installed by a qualified person(bike shop) I dont know anyone who would bring their bike in to have a post installed. I done it myself but was carefull not to overtighten the clamp.
| | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy. Stock product that came with my bike. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F700(2001) Stock except post, and richey bar-ends. | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is so far i LOVE this post. It softens the impact on my A$$. It's functional, multi-adjustable, looks good and impresses other MTB'rs. Seriously what more can you expect from a seatpost.
Three chillies for value, so an overall rating of four chillies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Richkus
a Cross Country Rider
from Knoxville,TN
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | monarc crest (Salida, CO) | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Strengths: | None, it snapped ! | | Weaknesses: | Weakness, thats an underststement | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Trek Fuel | | Bottom Line: | If you use an Easton Carbon seatpost.....BEWARE mine snapped off after a small whop de doo, I crashed and now I'm in mucho pain, My friend snapped his Easton riser bar on the same trail just a few months earlier. I think its under warranty but that doesnt make my pain go away. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scot
a Cross Country Rider
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Stoney | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$99.00 | | Purchased At: | Jensons USA | | Strengths: | light weight | | Weaknesses: | clamp | | Similar Products Used: | thomson | | Bike Setup: | M5,XTR,CrossMAX, SID Race | | Bottom Line: | I come in at 170, average. The 30.9mm I needed makes it a little stiffer, but it still flexes and that clamp blows! I hope it breaks, from reading the posts it sounds like it's going to, I can get the 03' offset clamp. Maybe I don't have to keep my hopes for long. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Danny
a Racer
from Scottsdale
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | ppc | | Strengths: | light weight,looks sweet, great clamp design | | Weaknesses: | For the dumb *sses who do not know how to use grease and adjust the clamp. For those who can not read directions, they are there for a reason not to be thrown away. | | Similar Products Used: | thomsom | | Bike Setup: | Yeti ASR full XTR | | Bottom Line: | This is a great seatpost if you read the directions and do what they say I think you would see better results. So go back to school and learn how to read. Dorks | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd
a Weekend Warrior
from Albany, Or.,USA
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Mckenzie River | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | online store | | Strengths: | good looking, lightweight | | Weaknesses: | lightweight, breaks when you need strength | | Similar Products Used: | various aluminum | | Bike Setup: | Jekyll 900, hayes hydro disc, sun rhyno lite xl, truvativ, easton carbon handlebar & deceased post | | Bottom Line: | So it's mini-session time on Memorial Day with my 9 year old son, doing this little two foot jump. I land a little hard on the seat, it busts clean off, and I am just able to ride it out. Weak sauce seatpost! Time to get a new post. I think it's been just within the lifetime/2 year warrenty-whichever comes first. Lucky me! I'm going to see if Easton will just replace it with aluminum. I think my vanity for carbonfiber is going on the shelf in favor of my vanity for a functioning body. If your tires never lift off the dirt, then carbonfiber is lovely. However, if you need durability and safety, go with metal for this component. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andreas
a Cross Country Rider
from Vienna, Austria
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Wienerwald | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | got it with a used bike | | Strengths: | lightweight, looks quite good | | Weaknesses: | it broke last weekend when i rode around on my bike. no warranty replacement from easton, because they said it's older than 2 yrs. so their "lifetime guarantee" is just bs. | | Similar Products Used: | using a Pazzaz Alu seatpost now for 50 Euro/40 $. didn't break yet :) | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Sugar 1, XTR, SID (all 2000) | | Bottom Line: | wouldn't buy it again, because it broke down and i got medium injuries. it's f*cking expensive and doesn't hold what it says (very stable and durable)...
alu seatposts for 100 $ off are just 20 grams heavier and i think that's the best bang for the buck | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
D S
a Racer
from Greensboro
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$62.00 | | Purchased At: | EBAY | | Strengths: | Light wieght,offers good absorption,looks good | | Weaknesses: | the seat clamp don't offer much room to adjust and it slips in the seatpost | | Similar Products Used: | Cane creek suspension post,and regular aluminum seatpost | | Bike Setup: | Airborne with XT and rock shox sid SL | | Bottom Line: | I got this from a dealer on ebay for 64.00. alot better than online store or LBS. I bought this seatpost when I went with a TI bike becuase the TI asborbs so much that I felt I was losing control.
The clamps for the seats don't rotate to allow the front of the seat to angle down enough for my liking. and it slips in the seatstay. I have tighten it down alot but it still slips down and to the side. I am afraid to clamp it down to tight becuase I don't know how much the carbon can take. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jacob
a Cross Country Rider
from Irvine, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Weighs close to nothing. | | Weaknesses: | TERRIBLE CLAMP DESIGN! | | Similar Products Used: | Other seatposts. | | Bike Setup: | Carbon fiber wherever possible. | | Bottom Line: |
Easton's CT2 seatpost is the lightest there is, but be warned that the clamp design is horrible. You have to BIND the bolts to the clamp to eliminate slipping. It just simply doesn't support a rider's weight. What's worse is that each side is independent so you experience different levels of slipping on each side resulting in excess back strain and an uncomfortable ride...In the 3-6 mile distances, not 30 mile rides. For reference I weigh 175lbs, I don't think this is too much to ask for as support from a seat post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Bristol CT USA
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Strengths: | Light and strong | | Weaknesses: | Scratches very easily and the seatpost clamp must be overtightened to keep the post from sliding. | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson Elite seatposts | | Bottom Line: | I have found that I had to tighten the HECK out of the seatpost clamp to get this post to stay put. Much more force was required than any of my old aluminum posts. ( I install new posts on new bikes.) The carbon scratched easily. It does seem to asorbs some trail vibration better than aluminum, but not by much, certainly not worth $100.
All you get from the post is lighter weight, and not very much savings over aluminum.
I will stick with Thomson from now on. The CT2 is an average post, if your trying to build a super light bike and are willing to spend the dough. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Trail Surfer
a Cross Country Rider
from Black Forest
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any nice singletrtail ! | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Purchased At: | hibike.de | | Strengths: | Lightweight, strong, good clamping mechanism, fantastic finish, nice looks | | Weaknesses: | - Not a post for people who often change saddle height
- One has to be careful not to damage the post by overtighting at the insert area in the frame | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros Hardcore (never failed), Thomson Elite (very sweet !) | | Bike Setup: | ´99 GT Zaskar Team, ´02 Atom Race, King Headset, Easton EA 60 stem, Easton Monkeylite Lowriser, FLite TT, XTR, Shimano 959 pedals, Crossmax UST, Michelin Wildgripper XLS / Front S | | Bottom Line: | I was a bit hesitant due to some bad reviews in here. However, after my good ol´Syncros began to creak more and more and as I really love my Easton carbon bar, I found a reason to finally buy this sweet Easton post...
So far it has held up very well. No creaking, the clamping mechanism is very good designed and can be adjusted in any possible way, but has to be greased at the right spots to prevent creaking. There was a sticker how to do that on the post, so creakling is no issue.
After first mounting the post onto the bike, it began to slip slowly in the frame but I guess that was because I did not fix it very hard because I was afraid of overtightening and damaging the post. After tightening the post a little more, it now does not slip any more and works very well.
I would not recommend this post to people that adjust seatheight of their bikes often, esp. for the downhills. This is a cross country seatpost. Install it once to your needs and then leave it. I think frequent readjustments will weaken the carbon fibre structure and lead to failure. Basically one has to carefull not to overtighten the post, because this will lead to failure also.
Another recommendation is to clean the seat tube of the frame from any old grease before mounting as the use of grease at the post is not recommended from EAston.
Bottom line:
- Expensive and beautiful high-performance product; 5 Chilis for performance and looks, 4 chilis for the value rating for the price...
I will post a follow up later ! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chad mcdaniel
a Cross Country Rider
from orlando
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | all | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Strengths: | carbon fiber and it is lite.............. | | Weaknesses: | the sizes the bike shop told me it is not good to shim a carbon fiber post. my frame is a 30.8 and i ordered the 30.9seat post and it fits.... | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 giant. | | Bottom Line: | the seatpost is lite looks good and damping alot bumps i reccomend it...... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich
a Racer
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Light weight, Stiff and strong, carbon is sweet. | | Weaknesses: | $100, Kooky adjustment mechanism, Creaks like a hooker's bedpost. | | Bottom Line: | Buy a Thomson Elite for $60. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Glenn
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: March 6, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$140.00 | | Strengths: | easy setup | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | bontrager raceface various cheapies | | Bike Setup: | bianchi black widow full bouncer (italian copy of dale raven)
full xtr inc disc wheels hope mini's ct2 post
monkey lite bars odi grips thompson stem | | Bottom Line: | flexy on my bike but i am 220 pounds so its got no choice really, easy set up nice to look at i like to h |
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$ 100.00
