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height adjustable seatposts

  • 18-05-2010 9:09am
    #1
    Itsfixed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭


    Yes, all seatposts are height adjustable :p but i think this is a brilliant idea for ANY MTB. I hate having to constantly get off and lower seatposts for sharply descending trails then again to raise it when the trail levels out. It's expensive but surely a good long term investment, as you can take it from bike to bike.


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  • #2
    thebouldwhacker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭thebouldwhacker


    Itsfixed wrote: »
    It's expensive but surely a good long term investment

    For €250 I'll cycle behind you and adjust your saddle height on request, hell for that I'll cycle it for you:D


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yeah, you're talking the guts of €300 for something with very niche benefit. They mention that it'll be popular with cross-country riders, but they can be fairly obsessive about weight, and this thing is not light.

    Definitely handy to have mid-race, but XC racers really have that much trouble with the seat getting in their way?

    An utter waste of money when you're not racing unless you really hate those five seconds it takes to lower/raise your saddle before a descent/climb.


  • #4
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Your average all mountain/trail rider would get plenty of use out of this. A bunch of the guys in Epic have them. I think that the general consensus is that there is some improvement needed before they are worth the cost...


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Your average all mountain/trail rider would get plenty of use out of this.
    Yeah but €300. You could buy all sorts of performancing-improving bits with that kind of cash. Like wheels or forks.


  • #6
    Itsfixed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭Itsfixed


    Yes, i appreciate that its expensive, and there are cheaper ones about, such as the Crankbros Joplin, but yes, i really really hate those 5 seconds that you have to spend lowering or raising the seatpost before a descent or climb.

    Especially if you are in a fast-moving group with chaps who don't ever feel the need to adjust their own posts. I like my saddle high for normal uphill cycling but my centre of gravity goes out of whack if i keep it high when descending.


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  • #7
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I remember the original Hite-Rite seatpost adjuster, no longer made but cool at the time.
    A lot simpler than that design.


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