thomson elite seatpost

Lapierre t 400

as the title say will a thomson elite layback seatpost make my bike slightly bigger

-liam-

It will move your seat position further back. Helpful if your bike feels small. But your bike will still be the same size lol

majormantra

Without knowing what your current seatpost is, how could we possibly know?

llamafarmer

Only if your current post doesn't already have a setback....

Lapierre t 400

the current seatpost is a lapierre thing that came on the bike

njee20

Don't know Lapierre specifically, but most stock seatposts are layback, they're cheaper to produce with an offset head if nothing else.

llamafarmer

Something like this:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27860

has about 25mm of layback, which is about as much as I get from my Thomson

cavegiant

Moving your seat back if the bike is too small is a bad idea.
It will put your centre of gravity behind the balance point of the bike, get used to falling off the back of your bike.

LFMF, just get a bigger frame.

Lapierre t 400

I think that is a good idea getting a new frame or I Might try selling the lapierre and getting a 2nd hand bike

-liam-

cavegiant wrote:

Moving your seat back if the bike is too small is a bad idea.
It will put your centre of gravity behind the balance point of the bike, get used to falling off the back of your bike.

LFMF, just get a bigger frame.

Absolute tosh

supersonic

No, cavegiant hs a very good point. Too many people compensate with been positioned too far back. This places much less weight over the fornt end and can bugger up handling. Also less efficient pedaling as well. Effectively you are slackening the seat angle.