Aluminium seatposts - all basically the same?
DWM1980
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Hi All
I need a longer seatpost for my new steel framed bike. Budget means it will probably be aluminium.
In terms of performance/comfort, is ther any point spending more to buy a ‘better’ one, or are they all pretty much the same? Cheaper ‘posts tend to be 6061 grade whereas more expensive ones are generally 7050/7075. I think 7000 series aluminium is stronger so the ‘posts can be made slightly lighter - does this provide any other benefit?
Cheers
Dave
I need a longer seatpost for my new steel framed bike. Budget means it will probably be aluminium.
In terms of performance/comfort, is ther any point spending more to buy a ‘better’ one, or are they all pretty much the same? Cheaper ‘posts tend to be 6061 grade whereas more expensive ones are generally 7050/7075. I think 7000 series aluminium is stronger so the ‘posts can be made slightly lighter - does this provide any other benefit?
Cheers
Dave
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all the sameleft the forum March 20230
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You're unlikely to feel the difference, but there is lots of scope for weight difference - as a good quality alu post will be around 200g where a cheap one might be as much as 400g.0
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any recommendations on really light ali posts?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Thomson Masterpiece is probably the best known really light Ali post, but I'm sure there are others.0
