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dave
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from Pojoaque NMDate Reviewed: September 22, 2006
Strengths: none obviousWeaknesses: poor design, poor qualityBottom Line: Worst seatpost I have used. Their design of using a little allen head to adjust the seat tilt means that all the weight bears down on that little allen bolt. Makes it wobbly and weak. There are so many good seatposts out there that are equivalent weight and value that there is just no reason to buy American Classic.
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Similar Products Used: Thomson, Tune, Syncros
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Charles
a Cross Country Rider
from Tampa, FLDate Reviewed: August 30, 2006
Strengths: Lightweight. Functional. AdjustableBottom Line: Seat bolt came loose a few times on my first ride with it. Some blue lock tite solved that with no problems since. Its a very simple solution an it blows my mind that more people dont use this simple, stupid fix for loose bolts.
It works well, its very light, and very reasonably priced to boot.
Favorite Trail: Razorback
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$45.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Bontrager stuff, stock GT crap, Easton
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Ski
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder City NV USADate Reviewed: February 22, 2006
Strengths: Lightweight , nice finish , dirt cheapWeaknesses: bolt came loose once, blue loctite fixed thatBottom Line: I have had no problems with the post since using the Blue Loc-tite . it's light and cheap and it looks good . I ride lots of XC and road miles ,and I've crashed lots of times with this post but no real hard diggers.
Favorite Trail: Powerpole
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$32.00
Purchased At: Airbomb
Similar Products Used: Ringle Moby Post , Dean Ti
Bike Setup: Dual squishy
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Michael
a Weekend Warrior
from Port Richey, Fl, USADate Reviewed: October 25, 2005
Strengths: Lightweight, sorta cheapWeaknesses: none so farBottom Line: SO far I haven't had the trouble others have had with this seatpost. I will say that my bike is having a hard time gripping the post, though I'd say thats more the bikes fault then the seatpost.
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: post moderne suspension seatpost
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Dan Sturton
a Weekend Warrior
from Stuttgart, GermanyDate Reviewed: July 2, 2004
Strengths: Bolts hold tension on seat rails ok. pretty sturdyWeaknesses: seatpost head rotates whatever you do to it! Sqeaks quite a lot whatever you do to it as wellBottom Line: If this post comes with your bike, swap it out. It will probably work loose at the join between the post and the posthead and then swivel just when you don't want it to. Looks like there's a rivet that holds the two together, so no obvious way of tightening it. Tried liberally squirting superglue into the rivet and inside to no avail - just got bits of flakey dried glue rattling round in my tubing a few weeks later. The sqeaking's pretty annoying too. Really must take my own advice and get round to changing it
Favorite Trail: anything with hills
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: came stock on bike
Similar Products Used: airborne, titec
Bike Setup: '02 kona explosif, standard except XTR hubs (got 'em cheap, still too "cool" for me), mavic X517 rims, avid single digit 7 v's, race face riserbar, Schwalbe Light Tyres which have a magnetic and masochistic attraction to thorns, nails, glass, etc. - got to go.
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ted
a Cross Country Rider
from ft. lauderdale, flDate Reviewed: December 2, 2003
Strengths: it holds your seatWeaknesses: squeaks like crazy!Bottom Line: I weigh 155 lbs wet, I ride XC, I know how to tighten bolts. This seat post full on sucks. it squeaked after I tightened it, it squeaked after the bike shop tightened it. don't buy this seat post, trade it out if it comes on your bike before you take it home. If i could give this post all zeros i would.
Favorite Trail: markham park(fl) & rocky point (LI)
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Bike Setup: kona explosif, cromoly. bomber, xt/xtr, velocoraptor tires, wheel s change bi monthly
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