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Submitted by
Steve Wientge
a Cross Country Rider
from Baltimore, MD
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Loch Raven | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Excel Sports | | Strengths: | Asthetics | | Weaknesses: | The weakness is that it's weak | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey,Titec,Thomson,Bontrager | | Bike Setup: | Bianchi BUSS single speed. WTB tires and rims, Paul hubs, Titec bar and stem, Race Face crank, Manitou fork | | Bottom Line: | After bending the OEM Titec and a Bontrager, I bought the Easton (based on their propaganda/marketing) to stop the bleeding. Well, no luck as the post bent after one two hour ride. I then bought a Thomson, and five years later it's still good to go. I hacksawed the EA50 above the bend last night and put it on my road commuter bike. I figure it will survive its new role.
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James C
a Cross Country Rider
from Tri-Cities, WA
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Internet | | Strengths: | Lightweight; painted ruler; set back | | Weaknesses: | Seat clamp bolt | | Bike Setup: | Giant Xtc hardtail; WTB Rocket saddle | | Bottom Line: | It must be a design issue because I also have broken the seat clamp bolt twice! Once in a race and again just on a downhill section of trail. The bolt simply sheared in two.
This is a big confidence loser, you don't want to have a catastrophic failure on the seat post bolt! I weigh a bit over 180 lbs. Easton may need to redesign the seat clamp to use more than one bolt.
Other than this LARGE issue the seat post is good, it does what it's supposed to do. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Winnipeg
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Ingolf | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Olympia | | Strengths: | Looks nice. Light weight. | | Weaknesses: | Stock post is too small for stock frame, needs shim (not really seatpost fault). Bolt holding seat on may or may not randomly snap. | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Giant NRS2 with skareb super fork, dragonfly ti saddle | | Bottom Line: | Dumped me on the side of the trail after the bolt holding the seat on snapped. Easton in Canada didn't seem too concerned when I called them on the way back from my urologist. I'll see what the LBS says...
The trail was an ordinary XC type trail, and I was just sitting in through a fast corner - nothing fancy, no big drops. I weigh 165. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
NJP
a Weekend Warrior
from Mission Viejo, CA
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Came stock on bike | | Strengths: | It holds the seat to your bike. | | Weaknesses: | The bolt that holds the seat to the seatpost is junk at best. | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Giant VT 2 | | Bottom Line: | I bought my Giant VT and the Easton 50 came stock. I rode the bike for 2 years and during the Counting Coup Race in 06 the bolt that holds the seat to the seatpost broke with about 20 miles let to ride. I called Easton and they sent me a warranty replacement. I put the replacement back on and again last night after a year of riding the bolt broke again. I was going pretty slow down a technical section and was using the seat for leverage and then bam, let's just say this time my future offspring took a beating when the bolt broke, OUCH! I am a pretty big guy at 6'3 and 236lbs but I don't ride that hard so I would still expect Easton to use good quality hardware in their products. Be careful with this seatpost, if your a big guy, buy something else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Renato Piereck
a Cross Country Rider
from Pyeongtaek, South Korea
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Osan mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Strong, looks nice | | Weaknesses: | Slowly and gradually slips down the tube as time goes by even when properly tightened | | Similar Products Used: | Truvativ, Bontrager Race, Bontrager bottom line no name post | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Tarpon heavily modified, LX and XT drivetrain, Deore hydraulic brakes, Easton EA50 stem, handlebar and seatpost, Selle Italia saddle, Rhynolite rims with Shimano silent hubs, KHS 2.1" soft tires | | Bottom Line: | This post serves its purpose well, it is strong and looks good with the bike. I have never had to adjust the saddle position after tightening it, so in this aspect it's perfect. The only problem I have is that this post will slowly and gradually slip down into the seat tube as time passes. I have removed the post, cleaned it and the inside of the seatpost, added a very light bead of loctite and after a few rides the seat starts slipping. I even replaced the seat collar but that didn't help. The slip is not huge and takes days or weeks, depending on the trails I ride, so it's not a major deal... if I ride a trail full of bumps and drops the post will slip maybe 1/4 inch in a day, if I use the bike for commuting only the post may slip 1/4 inch in a week. 5 chilis for value (can't beat used prices at eBay unless you can find it free somewhere) and 4 chilis for the annoying slow slip. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Neville Cragg
a Downhiller
from Cape Town
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | neville.cragg@telkomsa.net | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with Giant Reign 3 | | Strengths: | Printed seat heights on the tube | | Weaknesses: | Soft as butter. | | Similar Products Used: | BBB Skyscraper | | Bike Setup: | Giant Reign 3 Stock | | Bottom Line: | I used this post for about an hours worth of riding. I set it to position 1 on the climbs and drop it right down on the downhills. About an hours worth of climbing bent the post a couple of degrees, so I couldnt drop it into the frame anymore. I tried a mountain side fix of panel beating it with a log. It didn't bend straight, it just got squashed into all sorts of shapes and then wouldnt fit into the frame anymore! Complete rubbish! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ter
a Cross Country Rider
from Willemstad
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$57.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | price vs performance ( weight & looks)
i like the offset | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | kalloy m wings / stock kalin | | Bike Setup: | frame : ideal hillmaster, xtr drivetrain, fsa carbon crank, R.Shox SID | | Bottom Line: | for an intermediate post it's good. people are whining about the black paint coming loose: if u know how to secure the post you won't have that problem.
people are whining about no micro adjust: if so why did you buy it in the first place.
maybe it's my weight, i'm not that heavy, that i don't have any problems with it | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Smith
a Racer
from UK
Date Reviewed: March 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Chainreaction cycles, UK | | Strengths: | Looks, finish, simplicity | | Weaknesses: | Perhaps too much layback for some | | Similar Products Used: | Various seatposts | | Bike Setup: | Customer Giant XTC HT, Marzocchi forks, Mavic wheels, LX drivetrain, Easton Bars. | | Bottom Line: | Can't fault this post. I've used 2 versions of it, one on my old GT frame which worked great for over a year, so I bought another for my XTC custom build. Not the lightest, but does what it says on the tin, easy to adjust, and height indication markers are handy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Geoff King
a Cross Country Rider
from Christchurch, New Zealand
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Came stock with bike. | | Weaknesses: | Excessive layback, persistent creaking, poor finish. | | Similar Products Used: | Thudbuster post on previous bike (hardtail); numerous generic posts over the years | | Bike Setup: | 05 Giant Trance 2, now with Thomson post and stem, Hope rear and Hayes front hubs laced to Campag K2 rims, Hope skewers, Crank Bros Egg Beater pedals, Race Face Good n Evil grips, Juicy 5 brakes, SRAM X9 rear mech and X 7 shifters. | | Bottom Line: | I tried to get this post to stop creaking, I tried to avoid upgrading something on my brand new bike (having foolishly told my wife the Trance 2 was my dream machine and therefore enabling her to infer I thought it was perfect!) The bottom line is I love riding, and part of the joy of it is having good gear do what it's supposed to do. OK, the Easton post held the saddle in place, but for my long legs the layback meant heaps of saddle rail unsupported, and despite disassembling it and greasing everything in sight, I couldn't stop that #$#^%@ creaking noise. Finally I figured 'I have my dream bike, why not kit it out with my dream post as well' and got my LBS to get me a Thomson. Installed it myself, problem instantly solved.
If you don't have long legs like me and aren't riding full suspension, the EA 50 post might be OK - but I wouldn't recommend buying it as an upgrade. Save for a bit longer and buy a Thomson instead. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chuck
a Weekend Warrior
from madison,oh
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Looks. Believe it or not durability. | | Weaknesses: | Haven't found one yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Titec, Syncros, Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Rockhopper, Sun Rhno w/xt, LX components. | | Bottom Line: | I honestly think I am one of the lucky ones. These postings really surprised me. So I felt I had to write. This EA 50 seatpost has gone from hucking at White Face and Plattekill to the XC trails wherever I can find one. I can say that this seatpost never slid down into the frame and the seat stayed in its set position. Maybe it has something to do with proper factory torque on the seat clamp? I always try to adhere to factory specs when installing any component. I am looking at purchasing a EA70 post to match my EA 70 handlebars. Hopefully I have just as much luck. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
shiny_car
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | strong enough; fairly light | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson Elite | | Bike Setup: | Aus-spec '05 Giant XTC2 | | Bottom Line: | this seatpost came standard on my Giant HT; seems pretty good; no probs with strength and durability, nor slippage in the seattube or of the clamp; set and forget really, which is what you want; not super lightweight nor has a great cosmetic finish, but can't expect that at what you will pay; I'm 70kg and do XC, so this suits me fine, although I have a Thomson on another bike and it is certainly a superior build but overkill for my purposes | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a
from UK
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came free with my frame | | Strengths: | Looks good... | | Weaknesses: | Its strength. Its an ok XC post, but anything more and you'll brake it. I had one bad landing after a jump and it went. To be fair though I did still have the seat in a XC postion and should have lowered it. That said I thought it'd ;ast longer. If I paid for it, I'd not be very happy. | | Similar Products Used: | Many other pins. | | Bike Setup: | Giant Team AC 2003 | | Bottom Line: | Average XC post, nothing more. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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David
a Weekend Warrior
from Germantown
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike | | Strengths: | Greased it, dropped it, sized it. I found no probelm adjusting its level and have only tightened the bolt once or twice as a matterof routine after a ride. I'm 140 lbs and have had no wiggle problems | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Durango SX | | Bottom Line: | Get this only if you know how to tighten a bolt and take relatively decent care of your rig. This is a good seatpost and see no reason why not to get it with the money. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lvm
a Cross Country Rider
from woodstock, md
Date Reviewed: January 22, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Princeton Sports | | Strengths: | fairly inexpensive, comes in black, not too heavy. nice ruler on the front of the post helps when making adjustments when you are trying to dial in the post height for your bike. | | Weaknesses: | no micro-adjust, noticeable setback (personal preference here), one-bolt clamp. | | Similar Products Used: | control tech, UNO, trek ti, others. | | Bike Setup: | GIANT NRS | | Bottom Line: | a basic post at a decent price. i'm 6'3, about 200 lbs. and haven't had a problem with the post bending, slipping, or stripping. be aware that the setback is almost a full inch, which could affect the fit on your bike. my 22" NRS was on the large side already and this post made the cockpit length too long. another poster put it best when they said this is an LX level seatpost.
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Submitted by
crevis
a
from england
Date Reviewed: October 5, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$23.00 | | Purchased At: | on line £ | | Strengths: | great price, great product, great looks. | | Weaknesses: | i got the black one and the colour is coming off. | | Similar Products Used: | stock product on the specialized. | | Bike Setup: | gt zaskar race, xt through out, avid disc breaks, panaracer fire xc tyres, mavic 219 wheels (all black) easton ea50 bars, stem and post, dmr v12 pedals. | | Bottom Line: | good looking post at a great price, its worked well for me,
ive just bought another one for my specialized i was that happy with it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kane
a Downhiller
from MA
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Loft Burlington | | Strengths: | looks? | | Weaknesses: | -screw in clamp doen't have enough clearance to attach a bolt to and come loose in rough riding
-after literally three rides the ridged interface between the clamp in the post has stripped smooth allowing saddle to rock back and forth | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson, Specialized stock | | Bike Setup: | rockhopper modified for freeriding | | Bottom Line: | After two years of abuse the stock seat post that came originally on my Rockhopper snapped. Bought an EA50 as a replacement and after three say of riding it is completely useless. I ride hard on both the trails and the street and take three to four foot drops on the regular which may just be more than what this thing can handle however to have the traction ridges on the clamp strip smooth after 3 rides is rediculous. Additionally both the bolt and the seat clamp are really weak. The bolt is sort and unscrews itself on rough terrane. The seatclamp itself is super flimsy and worthless Avoid this product if your riding anything rough; it won't hold up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from PA
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Price. Weight. | | Weaknesses: | None for me. | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson...also a great post, nicer tilt adjustment, but much more expensive. | | Bottom Line: | I've used this post on both HT and FS bikes for years. I'm not a downhiller or freerider but do ride hard 4 to 5 times a week.
This saddle has withstood my abuse, is cheap, and is reasonably light. The tilt adjustment does not allow for infinite adjustments but I've had no problems getting my seat where I want it.
Sure it's got zero zoot factor but so what. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Howard
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Strengths: | Looks | | Weaknesses: | No micro adjust. Unable to get my saddle level.
| | Similar Products Used: | Too numerous to mention. | | Bottom Line: | Non microadjust seatposts should be consigned to history asap. I threw my EA50 in the trash after spending many wasted hours trying to get a level saddle position and failing miserably. I'll give it a rating of one because it made a fine sound when I threw it in the bin - Don't waste your money on this post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Webster
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Date Reviewed: March 16, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Brickworks | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$32.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Expo | | Strengths: | Easton Name, Good Looks | | Weaknesses: | Surprisingly Weak, Single Bolt Clamp (but you get what you pay for) | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face, Bontrager | | Bike Setup: | Trek Liquid 30 - Time Z-Control pedals, King headset, Monkeylight DH | | Bottom Line: | After bending the stock post on my bike i went looking for a new, stronger post. My season was cut short in august do to a Spleen injury so i only got to ride the post once in november. Earlier today when i went to drop the post down i saw that it had a slight bend - really disappointing based on the fact that i had only ridden it qute lightly only one time and it was done. I weigh about 200 lbs. and ride farily aggro. so it could have been my fault but i still can't say i was impressed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anthony DeBellis
a Cross Country Rider
from Morgantown WV
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | treehuggers, wytheville va | | Strengths: | Looks good, simple design easy to set up and change | | Weaknesses: | not strong enough | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey WCS, Thomson Elite | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakota XC 2001, Avid single digit 7's, Manitou six deluxe, lx crank, xt parts, easton 70 handlebar(wonderin about that) | | Bottom Line: | I am about 140 lb. rider, that stays mostly in the seat. after throughly cleaning my bike i decided to switch seats from my roadbike. When switching i had noticed that the pieces that clamp the seat to the post have been bent and warped. For the price i almost thing a no name brand post would have been stronger. This is a week seatpost and unless your a lightweight dont buy it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pokey
a Racer
from Ak
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Looks good. | | Weaknesses: | Bent after a year. The post was not even extended to the min insertion mark. This is on a HT w/2.4 tires run at low pressures w/44mm snowcat rims. | | Bottom Line: | I weigh 150 lbs and was riding on snow. This post is NOT strong enough period. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jett Vee
a Weekend Warrior
from Bangkok,Thailand
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | E-to hills, Prachinburi | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | World bike. | | Strengths: | resonably priced, resonbly light and simple design | | Weaknesses: | lack of adjustment | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros post, Control tech, Bontrager race | | Bike Setup: | 2002 TREK FUEL 98 pretty much stock accept for Flite seat and icon riser bar. | | Bottom Line: | The weight is not accurate compare to the catalogue. The EA 50's weight is closer to 300 gms not the claimed 230 gms. My bike has a pretty standard 73 degree seat angle but with my Flite seat i can't adjust the nose of the seat to tilt up because the seat cradle could not swing any further. I had to do a slight modification to it to achieve the result. The flight seat had a tapering rail unlike conventional seats with straight rails. I guess if you had a normal seat this would not be a problem.
I like to offset seat clamp. Very few seat post now come with them. 3 stars for the value. I think for a Taiwanese made post it should be cheaper.
3 stars also for the over all rating for me, because i could not adjust my seat to the desired level.
If you are interested in this post you should check the set up of your bike with the post and seat fitted to see if they fit you fine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Cross Country Rider
from Ukiah, CA
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Boggs andFlume | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | Cheap, light, strong, good quality. | | Weaknesses: | Cannot micro-adjust seat tilt, but it is not an issue. | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros, various no name posts, old high end Nitto by Ritchey. | | Bike Setup: | 1999 Kona Explosif frame built up with a Judy fork, XT parts and Ritchey tires. | | Bottom Line: | For the price it is a great post. You could say it is a "LX" level post. I've had no problems with the post in over a year of use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fred C
a Cross Country Rider
from North Dartmouth
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Nam' | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | cheap (relatively), light | | Weaknesses: | Weak | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey | | Bottom Line: | Held up for a few months of aggressive riding then bent one day on a drop off. I weigh around 190, but still this thing should last way more than 6 months. Maybe if you weigh around 150 this would be a good post for you, but if you're heavier and ride aggressive, look elsewhere. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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