whats hot and whats not?

peanut
peanut Posts: 1,373
edited May 2008 in Workshop
building a road bike to get back into cycling after a 4 year layoff.
I am using mostly Dura Ace components but wondered what stem and seat post you'd recommend. I'm 4 years out of date with stuff so appreciate your recommendations.
The frame is a steel massi

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  • azzerb
    azzerb Posts: 208
    Have you bought your Dura Ace yet? As the new Dura Ace is coming out soon, so the older stuff will be a lot cheaper i imagine (Electronic and new mechanical is coming out)
    New Dolan Volare (not quite complete)
  • System_1
    System_1 Posts: 513
    Thomson stuff is very good. I've got both an X2 stem and an Elite seatpost and they are the two most cherished parts on my bike. Been around for a few years and are probably out of fashion with the carbon fans but they are amazingly well engineered bits of kit.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    Thomson. Fit and forget.

    or maybe a nice Ritchey carbon post...
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Easton seatposts are pretty good aswell
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  • peanut
    peanut Posts: 1,373
    thanks guys thats 2x for Thompson and 1x for Easton so far.
    :lol:
    Re the Dura Ace thats a good point about prices . I have been buying up the odd bit here and there. I don't like the look of the 10 speed Dura Ace cranks so I'm going to buy some 9 speed instead and fit new rings.
    I probably won't wait as its likely to be a few months before new and used prices come down much for the existing 10 spd range

    I want to get get a double bolt fixing stem as I'm heavy on the bars and hate squeaking creaking bending bars :wink:
    What are the best online sites to check out stuff with good specs and pictures etc ?
  • 4candles
    4candles Posts: 240
    Why not a Dura-Ace 7410 seat post to match the other stuff. ?
  • SDP
    SDP Posts: 665
    DA10 cranks are far superior in terms of stiffness to old 9spd...

    also getting BBs etc is easier for 10 speed ...

    they take some getting used aesthetically but worth persevering with :wink:
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  • blorg
    blorg Posts: 1,169
    All carbon here.

    I got a used Bontrager Race XXX Lite seatpost off eBay recently for £26. Maybe not XXX lite at 210g or so but it has the nicest, easiest to adjust clamp I have ever seen on a seatpost. Single bolt and you can really easily control fore-aft and tilt. And the bolt is on the side so you can do all this without removing a sadlle bag. It's genius, I don't know why all clamps aren't like this (could well be the weight actually, it really seemed to be weighing down the post.) Other than that, well it's a seatpost, it keeps the saddle from falling into the frame ;-)

    I have a Specialized Pave on another bike. Awful, fiddly two-bolt saddle clamp (and it's carbon too so you could be worried about tightening it) but I think I have convinced myself that it damps vibration very well. Would have to swap it onto another bike to verify this, too many variables, could be the B17 on top.

    Have a basic Bontrager carbon seat post on another bike and it does the job very well. Quite easy to adjust too with a single bolt, although it is under the saddle so you have to move the bag.

    Are there variables people look for in a seat post other than clamp quality (ease of use and holds firm), weight and vibration damping? (I guess "seat post doesn't snap in half" would be one, but I have luckily never had this problem.)

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