Ritchey WCS Carbon 1-bolt seatpost.

Stoo61

This is a mountain bike post aswell as a road post right?

Looking at getting the WCS carbon post and can only find the 1 bolt.

nicklouse

many seat posts are one bolt.

Link to what you are looking at.

Stoo61

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/seat-post-seat-pin/product/carbon-wcs-1-bolt-seatpost-28786

Just having read this review, he seems to say that heavier riders may have issues. I'm 91 kgs and would expect a seat post to be able to handle that. I assume this isn't because of the one bolt design over the V2?

scale20

I've had issues with 1 bolt seatposts. You try and shy away from tightening them too much but if you come down on it hard during a ride the saddle will tilt. The worst one I had was a carbon USE Sumo followed by the Bontrager ones.

This one may have a good clamp system, the one bolt on the Joling does the job well.

Salsa

I'm 65-70kg & run it (& a carbon saddle) on my 18lb hardtail, never had any real issues with it.
It is a pain to tighten without a torque wrench though as it seems tight but then can move with a hit, once it's tightened correct it's fine, also the one bolt allows you to get any seat angle you want.
Only issue I have with it is it's annoyingly fiddly system when installing a saddle, the one bolt design forces you to try & hold 6 pieces of the post together whilst tightening the bolt, usually after a few attempts you get it all lined up, go to tighten the bolt & it falls to bits. Again though once it's done no more trouble.

rudedog

Just replaced a 1 bolt seat post and I'll never buy another.

Stoo61

rudedog wrote:

Just replaced a 1 bolt seat post and I'll never buy another.

What were your issues?

supersonic

For a nice twin bolt, at the same sort of weight but half the price:

http://carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=0&c=47&p=798&

thel33ter

I got a basic Gussio or something 1 bolt carbon post and it works fine, I;m not exactly heavy though

Stoo61

supersonic wrote:

For a nice twin bolt, at the same sort of weight but half the price:

http://carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=0&c=47&p=798&

It really needs to be the Ritchey one SS...for drool reasons and matching blingness.