which seatpost

right here we go
first of all just like to say hi to every one on this site as i am new to all this
i am looking at upgrading most of my parts on my carrea banshee as its just too heavy the handle bars have gone and replaced with carbon fibre ones the forks have been changed for lighter ones the steam has been upgraded as well
looking at doing the wheels and rear shock very soon and the braking system
but first i want to do the seat post i pulled of the one that came with the bike and it reads 30.0mm
i am after a carbon fibre one but the only sizes i can find are 27.2mm,28.6mm which i rekon will be too small or 31.6mm here is the question will this one fit ?
if not where can i get a 30.0mm carbon fibre seat post from?
help anyone
chris
first of all just like to say hi to every one on this site as i am new to all this
i am looking at upgrading most of my parts on my carrea banshee as its just too heavy the handle bars have gone and replaced with carbon fibre ones the forks have been changed for lighter ones the steam has been upgraded as well
looking at doing the wheels and rear shock very soon and the braking system
but first i want to do the seat post i pulled of the one that came with the bike and it reads 30.0mm
i am after a carbon fibre one but the only sizes i can find are 27.2mm,28.6mm which i rekon will be too small or 31.6mm here is the question will this one fit ?
if not where can i get a 30.0mm carbon fibre seat post from?
help anyone
chris
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Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
hi there cheers for that dont want to sound stupid what do you mean by a shim and where can i get hold of some?
chris
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
chris
cheers for that i get what you mean now
see that chain reaction cycles does them
happy as laughing cow now
chris
you usually "feel" more weight loss by changing to lighter wheels etc etc
planning on doing that in the near future as the wheels are not the lightest ones
i liked the look of the bike ie the frame that was one reason why i brought it with intention of upgrading the parts to make it lighter and better
any body got any ideas on wheels ? lokking at spending around £200-300 on them and what do i need to consider when buying a set ie hubs wheel tyre?
they split the review into budget and top end wheels..
budget XC wheel winner was :- Hope Pro 2 on DT 4.2D (www.hopegb.com) - $285
top end XC wheel winner was : - DT XR1450 (www.pace-racing.co.uk) - $610
i think there was also an issue with hard hitting/very strong wheelset review.
this issue also had the Banshee xxx review in it... the summary was "the suspension set up makes the banshee xxx massive fun on fast,difficult terrain and big downs. the frame design and stability of the suspension means that its only tough on uphills because of the weight"
Hope some of that helps
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as this is my first bike i am only just getting to grips with things and thought this would be a easier way to do things
the bike takes a battering xc as i live in hampshire and a normall day to day ride backwards and forwards from work which consists of a 12 mile there and back across salisbury plain so it takes a battering
Interestingly enough before I created my Marin I had an entry level mongoose which I got instantly addicted to, and was eagerly set to apply some demon tweaks to just as you have explained. I upgraded the forks first with some 130mm rockshox as we were getting much more aggressive in our riding. Noticably the bike didn't suit the forks (was made for 100mm), and after a short while it became apparent that the frame had to be changed if I was to get the most out of them and my riding. The headtube ended up being too short for my new frame (nightmare), so I ended up buying a new set of forks! Moral of the story is I wasted quite a few quid which would have been really handy for some other components.
Anyway, have fun and best regards with it.
Why is mtbing so far behind the times when it comes to material technology. No I'll rephrase that the mtbing industry seem to be catching up with the widespread introduction of carbon but it seems that people still need convincing. Carbon fibre is superior to aluminium. When did F1 cars change from aluminium tubs to carbon monocoques for superior strength. Arent large pars of the wings and fuselage on the new airbus made of carbon?
If you want to replace your handlebars with carbon ones then do it. There will be absolutely no problem with using them on your banshee. If you buy some from a well known brand they will have done millions of hours of research and designed them to be strong enough. They would not risk their reputation on releasing something sub standard.
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As for saving weight, why not try the SDG I Beam seatpost/saddle combo, it saves loads of weight and is comparable with the weight of a carbon set up. Bargains can also be had at the moment http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Kits ... elID=23386. I use this on my best ( nice and shiny) MTB and have had no problems with it.