Carbon seatpost ideas

BBH
BBH Posts: 476
edited October 2012 in Road buying advice
Guys,

Looking for a 27.2 carbon seatpost for the caad10 to soak up some of that dreaded road buzz from rubbish roads.

Needs to be inline and not setback - any thoughts on decent posts that dampen??

Was thinking carbon 3t, Thompson or ritchey, anyone have a good recommendation

Cheers all
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,710
    Well, I have a Thomson Masterpiece, on a CAAD 8 'Dale frame and it's *not* forgiving at all. Stiffer than a really stiff stiffie an' all that, but comfort? Non, monsieur.

    I have a 3T Doric Team carbon, which seems ok as far as comfort goes, but the clamps are a b@$tard to set up.

    The only Ritchey post I have is aluminium, so comfort rating not special, but simple to set up and use. Dunno about the carbon ones. Ritchey stuff = good, IMO though.

    Best post I've used of late is a Syntace P6 carbon. Has some flex/give, but nice strong clamps (2 bolt though) and looks sleek. See here. http://www.syntace.com/index.cfm?pid=3&pk=2033

    BR also did a review of the P6, here: http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/seat-post-seat-pin/product/review-syntace-p6-hiflex-seatpost-12-46314
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    I had a Specialized with the zertz insets. Worked for me.
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    the spesh is 'soft', so a good option, if not quite inline.
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  • greentea
    greentea Posts: 180
    edited October 2012
    Had the same query a month ago and finally bought this after a few weeks of research.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=28813

    Absolutely brilliant. I was in two minds wether to bother to buy a carbon post as to it making a difference, but i took the plunge and got one anyway. Im so glad i did, the difference is noticeable, its stiff but flexes just enough to take the sting out of the road and dampen the ride. I used it with a seat that i was intending to get rid of to see if there was a difference before i bought a new seat and i could feel it straight away.

    Since then ive bought a new seat (Romin Gel Comp) and the ride is transformed by those two products, i can ride all day long.

    The seatpost is great. Great price too at the moment and not setback as much as true setback/offset posts. Its more a design feature if anything. Theres also a YouTube video of it having 200kg hanging off it here

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtUDtX2Tyfc
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Why don't you try 25mm tyres? That's assuming you're currently using 23mm ones.
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    maddog 2 wrote:
    the spesh is 'soft', so a good option, if not quite inline.

    Mine was inline...

    http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/ftb/components/road-seat-postscollars/sworks-pav-nh-carbon-seatpost

    As you can see it can be ordered with zero setback.
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  • greentea
    greentea Posts: 180
    rozzer32 wrote:
    Why don't you try 25mm tyres? That's assuming you're currently using 23mm ones.


    +1 to this. I also did this as well, massive difference to comfort. You wouldnt think 2mm would make that much difference but it does.
  • othello
    othello Posts: 578
    I bought a Kore carbon seatpost a while back which is very good with a bit o flex built in. I bought the layback version but they do one inline too.
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    I have a Ritchey carbon post and use 25mm (Conti GP4s) on mine and am very impressed with the comfort levels.
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  • BBH
    BBH Posts: 476
    Cheers for the replies guys - given me some good ideas to have a look at.
    I already run 25mm gp4000s at a lower pressure and therefore am looking for ways to reduce the buzz, hence thinking of the seatpost

    Cheers again
    2012 Scott Foil 10 (Shimano dura ace) - in progress
    2011 Cervelo S2 (SRAM Red/Force)
    2011 Cannondale Caad 10 (Shimano 105)

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