|
|
|
| |
Submitted by
smilinsteve
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | AZ bike experts | | Bottom Line: | Too bad Race face stopped making this one, because it is the coolest looking, most easily adjustable post ever. I've had mine for probably 10 years and it is still going strong. Bought it from the one of a kind coolest bike shop owner dude Todd at ABE in Tucson AZ (Rest in Peace). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
AK47
a Cross Country Rider
from Folsom, CA
Date Reviewed: August 6, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Bullards Bar | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Good looks, adjustability | | Weaknesses: | Clicking, clicking, and more clicking sounds when riding over terrain with bumps. Oh yeah, mountain biking. | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson Elite | | Bike Setup: | Niner MCR 9 with some nice parts draped on her | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the RaceFace Deus seatpost. I am putting the review here since MTBR doesn't friggen have one for it specifically. What's up with that MTBR?!?! Anyway... Nice looking and adjustable post, but I'm throwing it in the junk pile because it will not stop making a clicking/popping noise after multiple attempts to grease the bolts, threads, basically anything that moves on this post. I'm going back to a Thompson Elite setback post and getting rid of the RaceFace POS. Wish I could keep it as it looks nice paired with the RaceFace Deus stem. Go back and do your damn homework RaceFace you
$@$&**&$%^$^$#$#!!!!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Zell
a Downhiller
from Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$48.00 | | Purchased At: | PricePoint | | Strengths: | Hey, I mean it works. It's a seatpost :p I haven't had any slippage problems or my seat flipping up on me or anything. | | Weaknesses: | It bent. I don't know how, but it is slightly bent. I don't think this happens often, though. I must have taken a nasty spill to do that. I noticed that it was like almost impossible to get the post in and out of my bike; finally realized it was ever-so-slightly bent. I ordered another one to prevent ovalization of my frame. | | Bottom Line: | It was cheap and it works. If my new one bends on me again then I won't buy another. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Gough
a Cross Country Rider
from Nottingham
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | sshockwave | | Strengths: | Adjustability, light, beautiful | | Weaknesses: | anodising wears off after about 1 year | | Similar Products Used: | Titec | | Bike Setup: | Superlight, XT, Rebas | | Bottom Line: | Excellent seatpost.
Had it for 2 and a half years, set it up and haven't thought about it since.
Great for hardcore XC.
Nice and light.
Very well engineered and beutifully CNC'd head piece. Never slipped. Maintenance free. Fit and forget!
If you find one - buy it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt
a Downhiller
from toronto
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | It hasn't broke, nicely machined, looks cool. | | Weaknesses: | Not very well thought out design. I expected more from raceface. | | Similar Products Used: | thompson, bontrager, others | | Bike Setup: | Norco Tactic | | Bottom Line: | Thi seatpost is terrible. I don't know how these people can say it doesn't move. Mine is constantly flipping up – No matter how tight. The fore and aft adjustment is also very bad. I use a titec beserker saddle and in order to install the seat, I need to pry up the side of my seat to access the bolt.
This is my first raceface product. I'll have to think twice about buying from them... very dissapointed | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hitman
a Weekend Warrior
from WA
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came with frame | | Strengths: | Doesn't move at all...doesn't let the seat move either...incredible adjustability | | Weaknesses: | none really (possibly price) | | Similar Products Used: | Titec, Shimano | | Bike Setup: | 03 RM Edge All components upgraded | | Bottom Line: | Quite possibly the best all around seatpost on the market. If you can find one for less than $40...swoop it up and you won't be disappointed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
LUKE
a Downhiller
from ENGLAND
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | HIP TURN | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | LEISURELAKES | | Strengths: | LIGHT,STRONG,INFINATE ADJUSTABILITY,LOOKS COOL | | Weaknesses: | ANODISING WEARS AWAY TOO EASILY | | Similar Products Used: | SYNCROS DERIVED,KALLOY KONA BRANDED | | Bike Setup: | 04 NORCO TORRENT,FOX VANILLA RLCS,SAINT BRAKES,24IN WHEELS | | Bottom Line: | WOW! I AM REALLY SHOCKED AT SOME OF THE BAD REVIEWS THIS PRODUCT HAS RECIEVED,I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS APART FRON IT LOOKING WORN TOO EASILY,I LOVE IT. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CJ
a Weekend Warrior
from OC, SoCal
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | I don't remember | | Strengths: | Price | | Weaknesses: | It friggin broke! | | Bike Setup: | '04 Stumpy Pro frame, loaded with my own special blend of components. | | Bottom Line: | I used this post for about a year and a half and have had very few problems. Some slippage but, other than that, it didn't seem to be too bad; that is until the bolt shattered on a semi-steep, rocky decent thus causing my saddle to jump up and slap me in the junk! I understand that certain things break down over time but, a stinking year and a half for a bolt that should be one of - if not the - strongest componed in the entire construction of this particular component.
Unless you really don't want kids and enjoy the challenge of riding your bike back to the trailhead sans seat (in my case, about two miles), I would recommend you avoid this piece of crap like the plague.
Since this product failed me, it gets one flaming doodie for both value and performance (i.e. there's not a lot value in something that absolutely does not work). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Hearn
a Weekend Warrior
from Cumbria, UK
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Used (yet still in box due to injury) from Fionn Griffiths world DH rider | | Strengths: | i have the XYOinfinate adjustability, very srtong post, and lightweight too (similar weight to thompson elite post). Usefull heights markings.
Looks the dogs danglers | | Weaknesses: | Clamp bolt got rounded off the first time i properly tightened it up, yet only once (the first time cos i didn't do it up tight enough) has the thing slid round. | | Similar Products Used: | thompson elite, USE alien, Easton EA50, truvavtiv something or other, raceface prodigy DH. | | Bike Setup: | Kona Stinky DeeLux '01, Jr T's '02, Hope M4's, bulbs on d321's, vanilla RC, race face evolve DH cranks, and odd bits that have servived from complete finishing kits inc this post (no notches to strip). | | Bottom Line: | Well i got mine for £15 UK pounds and that was unused in box from an injured world class DH'er. If i had bought it new it would have been £70 or $110 to you americans. But proably worth it.
I have read a lot of people having problems with it sliding round in the collar device, the original bolt is crap, mine rounded off before snapping or stripping any threads. I only tightened it with a topeak hummer multitool too (so i wasn;t using a bit of 'ole piping over a l shaped allen key like many have done).
It does flex a bit under riding (27.2mm post) but then so did the thompson and easton.
I am giving this 5chillis for its design and method (if you replace the clamp bolt right away)
and 5chillis for value cos i got it new for £15 / $20 ha ha ha | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gary
a
from sisters, or, usa
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | petersen ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Traded Thompson for it | | Strengths: | Easy to adjust. Can remove seat w/o readjusting seat angle. | | Weaknesses: | For posters below whose seat angle changed. Mine did also. My bolt snapped too(weak bolt and theads on bolt were poorly machined). | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson(nice)but wanted lay back post. | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler | | Bottom Line: | This can be a great seatpost, but I had to modify it as my seat tilted nose up too. Unless Raceface has fixed it, 1st, go to hardware store and buy a stainless steel seat angle clamp bolt. Hardware stores also carry the stainless steel round thingy that this bolt screws through. It's in the furniture dept. area. You can then use 11-12lbs torque to tighten down bolt which holds seat angle. 10lbs won't do it. After that, no more worries. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: September 22, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | lots | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | $79 CDN | | Strengths: | effective and durable | | Weaknesses: | n/a | | Similar Products Used: | rmb, kalloy | | Bike Setup: | hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This is the first post I've used that hasn't broken in mere weeks. Stripped ratchets and broken bolts were a regular occurance on everything else. I ride on the shore all the time and completed the TransRockies with this sucker and it just performs. Set it and go. (If you're heavy this may not apply.. I'm 160 lbs.) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cliff
a Cross Country Rider
from Vegas
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | 1 track | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Strong overall, lots of adjustment | | Weaknesses: | Seat angle adjustment won't hold in more challenging XC conditions - ravine G outs, smaller XC drops with a 185 lb rider, price | | Similar Products Used: | many, including other RF, except the titanium and carbon types. Yep, I have a RF XY 0 on another bike and it has the same problem as this one. Bothe posts were bought new. | | Bike Setup: | Currently on a Dakar, built up with good components, Bontrager saddle (Ti Night Train) | | Bottom Line: | I really like this post and RaceFace products in general but finally giving up on the factory angle adjust holding clamp - seat angle rotates noseup riding on rougher XC trails with the seat positioned anywhere from mid-rail or farther back (forward on the rails). Want to keep the post so I'm going to try a little stronger clamp bolt setup; and if that doesn't work - get the angle where I want it for the Dakar, drill a couple of small holes, coat everything with red Loctite, assemble, torque, and pop rivet to help the clamp hold the angle. For XC use, even rougher XC, I think the post is plenty strong and worth a little time and effort to "clamp fix" and drive the RF boys to drink more coffee and get their CAD programs booted up.
Maybe I'm asking too much, but the post and their XY 0, should really work OK for this type of riding. I tried cleaning, roughing up surfaces, retorquing but just can't get the clamping to hold with my weight and leverage on the saddle.
Could be that I'm into the post design realm of all mountain or light freestyle even though riding desert XC? Anyway, if you're riding smoother XC stuff and want a setback post; are a lightweight rider, and/or don't also need the saddle way back, I think you'll like it. Worked good for me under those conditions. If you're not in a hurry, you can probably find a new one at a better price than suggested retail - Not a good value at $70 for 6061/air alloy post and this clamp design.
If I had it to do over, I'd check out other posts including the RaceFace Evolve or figure the extra weight of the Diabolus (freeride design/double clamp bolts)is worth it to try to get a no problem setback post for rough XC. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Broom Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Unique design that works well. The ability to alter the setup in the X and Y plane independantly is a little over-rated but cool nevertheless.
| | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, Ritchey, Syncros, Axiom, Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | A RF Diabolus now | | Bottom Line: | An excellent seatpost that has served me very well for over two years now. I had it originally on my cross-cuntry bike and then switched it over to my Cove Stiffee. Although it never bent on me, the saddle ended up quite mangled over time and this obviously took its toll on the seatpost head. One morning after starting up the incline of my driveway on the way to a ride the clamp mechanism broke right along the line of a stress fracture. I decided to buy a new post as this one was obviously done however the shop I took it to called RF to enquire whether this would qualify as a warranty item since the post had not been bent at all. RF approved the warranty claim OVER THE PHONE! Although they wanted to see it they agreed to ship a replacement post once my broken one arrived at their place. I asked instead for the heavy duty Diabolus post and they obliged. I am impressed and will continue to buy RF components because I know they will stand behind their product. A similar experience with my Roach Armour (Roach owned by RF) being replaced under warranty for bad stitching has convinced me that RF is the real deal. You can buy this post and use it, not baby it and rest assured it will not fail catastrophically or leave you with an expensive bill for a new post down the road. I have had plenty of parts fail and I ususally chalk it up to the price of riding mountain bikes. This was a pleasant surprise. Five smokin' turds! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Toshi Clark
a Downhiller
from Portland, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Post Canyon, GP | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | Looks decent. Accepts thick railed seats. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't work: clamp rotates much too easily even when tightened down. | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, Kalloy Uno, Hurricane (also bad!) | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy this post! I bought it because I thought it would be a good complement to my Canfield, with its oddly angled seat tube, but it has turned out to be a huge disappointment. Every time I sit on the back of the seat the post's clamping mechanism lets the seat swivel up to point at the sky. For this price I should definitely have bought a Thomson with the 12 degree kit. Furthermore, now that it is used, Cambria says I'm out of luck even though the post is useless for its intended purpose. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Burnes
a Downhiller
from Salinas, CA USA
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Big Sur, CA | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | JT Cycles in Soham, England | | Strengths: | excellent strength and looks | | Weaknesses: | that dang bottom bolt. It just snaps right off. | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson and Easton | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz "Kill-meleon" with Race Face Diablos Stem, Azonic bar, Hayes Hydraulic 8 " discs attached to Chris King ISO hubs which secure the spokes to some awesome Mavic 321 D's and the front wheels are connected to a Manitou Sherman Fire Fly fork which looks great with the Chris King Head set. A pair of Wellgo pedals secure my feet and the XTR derailers keep things shifting smooth. Under the rear is a full Kevlar Azonic Love Seat. | | Bottom Line: | The seat post, while coming from a great company, isn't what I was hoping it would be. The seat moved on every ride and when I tightened it this morning, the bolt that prevents the saddle from gimbling, snapped to my horror. I'm going to keep the post but after I finish this one off I'm going back to Thompson. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg
a
from Encino, CA
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Rustic Loop, Cookies | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles | | Strengths: | The easiest seatpost to adjust ever made. Strong, good looking and stays put. NO CREAKING. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | Turner 5 Spot in Free Ride set up. | | Bottom Line: | This is a great seatpost. It is so easy to adjust and it stays put. The seat doesn't move and it looks really cool. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Thedave
a Cross Country Rider
from Davesville
Date Reviewed: December 8, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Dave's trail, Davesville | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | Daves Cycles | | Strengths: | It looks wicked, it's harder than the hardest, it offers easy independant adjustment, the bolts have a decent sized head on em not like those pidly Thompson ones, reasonable weight | | Weaknesses: | The anodising could be a tiny bit tougher | | Similar Products Used: | Bonty, USE, ITM, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | Cove Stifee FR, Fox Talas, XTR, King hubs, RaceFace bits and Bobs and Hope Minis | | Bottom Line: | I won't stand for people disrespecting this post. It's the best in the world ever, never had it slip. My mate uses one in downhill racing and he's broken three saddles at the rails and the post has never moved once. You would have to be a right monkey to break the bolts in the head. Mine's never creaked and i ride in silt all year. It's all good. Maybe it's different with the XO one but i canne see how. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ, USA
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Top secret | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | ABE (local shop) | | Strengths: | Looks cool. Perfect adjustability. Separate front to back and angle adjustments are key. Height markings on tube. | | Weaknesses: | Occasional slippage but this could be my bike or my clamp, not the post. | | Similar Products Used: | American classics, laprade, Kalloy, kore etc | | Bike Setup: | Santacruz superlight/ marzocchi | | Bottom Line: | I love the adjustability and my seat is set up so perfectly that I haven't had to touch the adjustment in months. Other posts I am always fiddling with (a little more this way or that way). I can't stand a standard post where you try to change your for-aft position, and when you retighten the bolts, your angle has changed also!
I way 190 pounds and have used the post for 2 years, so I don't feel there is a strength issue with this product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Cross Country Rider
from Fort Collins, Colorado
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | The one I'm on... | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | where price is the point... | | Strengths: | The easiest seat clamp made, nice layback. | | Weaknesses: | Weak tubes, creaks and slips | | Similar Products Used: | Lots of 'em - I'm going back to Thomson and I'm never leaving again. | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC with Manitou SPV and Psylo up front | | Bottom Line: | I originally liked this post until it started to slide...and then it started to creak... and then it bent. Considering that it's the same price as a Thomson, I don't think this post is a good value. I contacted pricepoint and they followed up quick and let me know that the post was out of warranty - bummer. In all fairness though - the AC frame has a pretty slack seat angle, the post has a lot of layback and I was running WTB's new Power V saddle (it's kind of like a diving board for a bike) when it bent. So, I think it may have been getting used a little bit outside of it's intended purpose but, it's a Race Face. Aren't they supposed to make strong stuff that stands up to abuse? I see they have a new Diabolus post... supposed to be the shiznit... tempting, but I'm going back to Thomson. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Darin
a Cross Country Rider
from W. Sacramento
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Clementine Loop | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$99.00 | | Purchased At: | River Rat | | Strengths: | Holds well in seat stay, doesn't fade too bad from moving up and down, like others have mentioned. Long enough allowing cuts to be made to fit better. | | Weaknesses: | Seat rotation slips and the bolt sounds like it is going to snap when tightened. The seat slips on every ride, a real pain in the ass...so to speak. The alien resemblance offset looks a little goofy, but does allow some extra room between the bars. | | Similar Products Used: | Cook Bros | | Bike Setup: | Tracer, WTB seat. | | Bottom Line: | Skip this one, there are other posts on the market that are less expensive and better quality. The canucks can't do a damn thing right except play hockey.
Also, it was advised by the "Salesman" at River Rat. He no longer works there either...a shame because the owner is a good guy. I ran into the "Salesman" at Cambria Bikes in Auburn, kept calling me Bro. Dude swears he knows everything about bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
weather expert
a Weekend Warrior
from iowa
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | marketplace | | Strengths: | rigid. setback. infinite adjustment | | Weaknesses: | saddle fixing bolt sometimes hidden inside the saddle, making it REAL hard to tighten. need to overtorque angular adjustment bolt so that saddle won't rotate. | | Similar Products Used: | bontrager two bolt (cheap and excellent), kalloy uno (very cheap, pretty good), titec two bolt (earlier PG was grap, later knock ones are good), avenir race (pretty good) | | Bike Setup: | mrazek boh fx | | Bottom Line: | i don't think seatpost is very important. it's just to hold the saddle in place. so i go cheap on them.
this is the most expensive post i've ever bought, and i am not impressed. for some saddles, like terry ti race, installing is very finicky, because the fixing bolt is hiddeng behind saddle exterior. i had to pry the saddle side up to tighten the fixing bolt.
i like the ability to independently adjust fore-aft and rotation, but the rotation fixing bolt doesn't holt saddle very tight on given torque. after a ride, the saddle sometimes will break loose and rotate, making a bit of overtorquing necessary.
my personal opinion is to stick with the two bolt type (like thomson, titec non-x-wing, bontrager comp). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert
a Downhiller
from North Vancouver
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Cove Bikes | | Strengths: | Lay back works great.
Adjustment is easy and works very well.
Excellent RF warranty. | | Weaknesses: | Angle adjustment bolt easy to snap.
Breaks easily with little fatigue. | | Bottom Line: | I carry a spare bolt with me all the time because the ones used can snap easy if you over tighten it. Problem is it's hard to find the point between tight enough and over tightened.
I've broken three of these seatposts already, all at the offset part at the top. Two of them cracked pretty bad, and one literally snapped right off.
Every seatpost was warrantied on the spot by my LBS, but I don't think I'd buy this seatpost again as the top part fatigues too easy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jared Adams
a Cross Country Rider
from Arlington, VA
Date Reviewed: January 27, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Schaefer Farms | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Adjustability
Looks
Stays clamped
| | Weaknesses: | Non-ovalized design=flex
- weight to strength ratio is very poor
- paint-if you move the post up and down a lot for drops and jumping, the paint will be marred in now time
- weak bolts - be careful wrenching trailside, those bolt heads are like butter
creaks even shortly after a good greasing | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, Hurricane | | Bike Setup: | You pedal and it goes. | | Bottom Line: | As much as I wanted to like this post, it failed me in several ways. I thought it would be a great design--allowing me an extra inch of effective top-tube, but the post isn't internally reinforced like a Thomson or Salsa. The result is a lot of flex. Trust me, I'm no first or second season novice, this is 10+ years of experience talking. I ran the post deep into the frame, because I believe a seatpost should faciliate sitting, it isn't a lookout post. Still, with my precautions and careful wrenching, it made me fear for my frame's life.
Anyone reading this review has to wonder: How big is this guy? I come in at 6'4" and 205 lbs and I recognize that a person of my stature may place undue stress on a layback design. But my point is: Aren't similarly sized riders the people shopping for offset posts? In my humble opinion, if a manufacturer makes an offset design they had better reinforce it internally. A word to all my larger brethen and sisters: shop Thomson and Hurricane and you'll never have to worry again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gordo
a
from bellingham, washington, usa
Date Reviewed: January 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | bobs trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Strengths: | adjustabililty, seat setback, and strength | | Weaknesses: | i am 195lbs and have noticed some seat angle slipage | | Similar Products Used: | kore lite, ritchy, campy carbon | | Bike Setup: | xl trek fuel 100, raceface nextlp cranks, hayes disc | | Bottom Line: | great post if you want to extend top tube length, or get a more slack seat tube angle. i have notice some minor slipage but i greased everything up and it seems to be holding up. i also only notice the seat slipping when i drop my seat down and bomb downhill.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Cross Country Rider
from Ontario
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Radical - Hardwood Hills | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came on bike - Muskoka Bicycle Pro Shop | | Strengths: | Strong, great looks, quiet(no creaks), easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | None | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Vertex - Xt/Xtr Drive - Race Face stem, seat post, bars, crank, bb - Shimano wheels - Maxxis tires | | Bottom Line: | Like all Race Face components, this seat post is awsome. It's strong, stiff, easy to adjust and secure.
Buy one - you won't be sorry!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wes waters
a
from Edmonton Alberta Canada
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Insanity @ Panarama BC | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | Western Cycele | | Strengths: | Everything | | Weaknesses: | It does creak all the time but who can hear that going down the trail or racing DH | | Similar Products Used: | Non, nothing compairs | | Bike Setup: | KHS Fitish with drop off bomers front and rear xt hubs with intence mag 30 rims xt hydrolic brakes and roler pro tires by specalized | | Bottom Line: | Get this post you will not be sory, as long as you know how to use a torqu rench! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kelly
a
from Upstate NY
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Plattekill, urban, trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$76.00 | | Purchased At: | Universalcycles.com | | Strengths: | It works. Setback, length , adjustability, strength, | | Weaknesses: | None I can see, though the crown (with a big "O") looks odd, and made me wonder about its strength, but so far so good. | | Similar Products Used: | Trans-X, '03 Easton EC70 | | Bike Setup: | San Andreas, Marz. Z1FR, Risse Astro5, xt drive, xt v-brakes (next upgrade), Rhyno Lite, Cont vert. pro 2.3 front, Gazzi Core in back | | Bottom Line: | Nice post. I like the 400 mm length for anything but downhill (too long - the bottom will hit the rear shock). It is strong, although I was not sure about it at first because of the wierd look with the "O" clamp. It has not slipped (and I greased the post before first use), and I weigh 225 and ride rough. The 1" setback is great for extending effective top tube length (coupled with the love seat I can go waaaayyyy back). The adjustability regarding saddle tilt is great. It is exactly what I needed to put me into ideal riding position. If it would only help me climb like those 160 pound guys. Overall ratings are nothing but good - 5x5. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew Stenberg
a Cross Country Rider
from Hazelwood, MO
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Berryman | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | PricePoint | | Strengths: | Great looking strong seat post. | | Weaknesses: | Not the lightest post. No length choices. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale SuperV 1000, Chris King ISO wheelset, XT disc brakes, XTR drivetrain, Race Face cranks. | | Bottom Line: | Great looking strong seatpost. Not the lightest post but not too heavy. Comes in 400mm length and had to cut to size for my frame. Has a tendency to slip if not tightened enough. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fritzman
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Weight/strength ratio, tonnes of adjustment. | | Weaknesses: | Adjustment mechanism is a weak in design, one good landing and the seat will tilt. No greasing = LOTS of creaking. | | Similar Products Used: | XY, XYO, USE, other generic models | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight, CrossMax UST, SRAM shifters/RD/brakes, RaceFace cranks/rings/stem/bar/HS/post/BB | | Bottom Line: | As you can see from the bike setup, I wanted to remain loyal to the RF brand by purchasing the post. To date, all my RF purchases have been awesome in durability and performance. I first tried the XY post, but the damn round-pivot-in-housing adjustment design is basically incapable of keeping the saddle at the right tilt after a moderate hit (I'm 170 lbs, XC/enduro rider). Think about it, it's a smooth round pivot in a smooth round housing. Friction will only get you so far with that setup. Unfortunately, after several rides of involutary saddle angle adjustment the tightening bolt snapped...
I decided to try the XY0 as there may be less strain due to the smaller offset hence more centered saddle placement (actually I'm ideally in between both offsets). Well, last night in a sunset race the XY0's tilt adjustment started to fail and showed it couldn't handle the pressure as well.
Despite the design, the saddle can be salvaged by drilling a hole through the housing and the pivot (obviously, you first determine the ideal tilt). Then, put a self-tapping screw in there to act as a jam, and she won't move again ;-).
Overall, this is the most disappointing product from RF, and most disappointing post that I've tried. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob
a Weekend Warrior
from The Shore
Date Reviewed: May 17, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Old Buck | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Cove Bikes | | Strengths: | Very, very strong. Offset is great - if you don't need an offset, get the XYO. Very easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | Cracked the post right below the O loop at the top (not the actual post, but the shiny top part). | | Similar Products Used: | Various. | | Bike Setup: | Hartdail with 5" forks and hydro brakes. | | Bottom Line: | I cracked the post, and only found it during a cleaning inspection. Cove Bikes replaced it on the spot (gotta love the service!).
Otherwise, it fits perfectly, is very easy to adjust, tightens up perfectly, and the offset is exactly what I needed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marcel Lopez
a Cross Country Rider
from Puerto Rico
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$72.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Looks great. For/aft adjustment. Tilt adjustment. Race Face name. Light. Strong. For the price i dont thind you can find something better | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Bike Setup: | Trek 4300. XT deraulliers. Raceface seatpost, handlebar and grips. Time pedals, trailblaster tires, bontrager superstock rims, selle italia pro link saddle, avid arch rival brakes lx cranks and levers, manitou magnum fork, sram powerglide 7.0 9 speed cassette, sram pc-69 chain, bontrager race stem. | | Bottom Line: | this seatpost is the real thing. It made my ridding so much better because of the adjustments it allows. Its a strong and stiff post that should last me for quite some time. And since its light it lowered the weight of my bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lee Williams
a Cross Country Rider
from United Kingdom
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | South West England | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Easy adjustment. Very solid and strong when power riding in a seated position. "Solid as a Rock". No squeeks what so ever. Very light for the strength. | | Weaknesses: | None what so ever | | Similar Products Used: | EA 70, Ritchey, | | Bike Setup: | Giant atx Team Custom build, XT/XTR, Bombers, mavic 517 custom build, race face and Easton. | | Bottom Line: | If you are a heavy rider this will improve the ride 100%, whilst keeping the weight of the bike down. If you are a light rider, get it anyway cause is makes people look in envy.
A top drawer seat post that is a must have if you take your riding seriously. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gary pogalies
a Cross Country Rider
from sisters,or
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | peterson ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Trade for Thomson | | Strengths: | Easy setup, easy adjustment. Can adjust tilt and seat fore- aft position separately. | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, Titec | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler | | Bottom Line: | What a great product. Set it up and forget it. Easier to get seat on and off bike than Thomson. I was a little worried about "creaking" that was reported in other reviews. I just greased what was recommended and used my torque wrench. No noises. Traded Thomson for it because Thomson was wrong color. Both excellent products, neither cheap though. I have Thomson stem and Raceface bottom bracket all great worry free products. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
geert sonck
a Racer
from belgium
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Strong. Extremely easy to adjust. Doesn't slip. Saddle angle doesn't change. No scratches. Lightweight for its length. The perfect product. I'm going to buy one for my roadbike and shorten it by 150 mm. Moreover, I like the big offset (you can always by the XY0 if you don't.) | | Weaknesses: | Absolutely none. | | Similar Products Used: | 2 Dura-ace. 2 Record. And lots of other junk. Had to throw it out eventually. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale XT | | Bottom Line: | The only seatpost worth existing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Yamakawa (Wrench at Sagebrush Cycles)
a Cross Country Rider
from Yakima, Washington, US
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Wherever my bike takes me | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Employee Purchase | | Strengths: | Everything. 4years of abuse Flawlessly weathered. Still as gorgeous as it ever was. It also whispers sweet nothings in my ear. | | Weaknesses: | sometimes it tells me to do bad things.
Hamfisted doofuses who shouldn't be allowed wrenches will whine about them. | | Similar Products Used: | Salsa shaft, control tech (the old style that REALLY did slip) Thompson, Kalloy, and countless others I've played with in the shop. | | Bike Setup: | '98 Kona Hei Hei. Bobmer Atom 80 2nd XTR drivetrain. with plenty of raceface stuff basically whatever doesn't break. | | Bottom Line: | okay, let us all take a moment to bask in the beauty of these posts, Let's face it, they just plain look cool------- Okay, that said. The only reason I'm writing a review is in defence from the harsh words spoken by some other reviewers. FOUR years on this baby, and any squeak or whatever I may have initially had is beyond me since I've prettymuch just not touched it. And really isn't that what a good seatpost is all about?
YES the tilt adjustment has slipped onme a couple times during the right kind of crashes. It should, however, be noted that the amount of force that this takes is just about what it would take to bend the rails on any saddle. I for one was glad a time or two to get up from a nasty spill and be able to grab my trusty allentool and make it better again right then and there. (ohyea, saving the cost of a new ti wtb saddle was nice too) I run my saddle as far back as it will go in the rails and it has never slipped without a healthy spill.
Products like these are why I'll be an indentured servant to bikeshops solong as I live. (or at least until I win the lotto) I Ride alot, and do not baby my equiptment. I've learned working on bikes, that lightweight chi chi stuff doesn't help you when you're 10miles into a ride and your seatpost breaks. MY bike's nearly a rolling testament to Raceface. Every raceface bit on my bike has earned it's spot there. I give this every chili they'll letme. Solid product. set and forget. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Terry Williams
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | River Valley Cycle | | Strengths: | Light weight & strength, ease of adjustment, warranty | | Weaknesses: | mine slipped, cost | | Similar Products Used: | syncros, thomson, control tech | | Bike Setup: | at the time: Kona Explosif 853 | | Bottom Line: | I got this post after bending my stock Kona post in about a month (as predicted by salesmen), and bought a 27.0 model for my steel hardtail. I am 185-190 lbs and the post never bent after 2 seasons of sport class racing, which is pretty remarkable. I bent several of the heavier control techs. It was nice to adjust and the bit of setback in the regular model was something i wanted for that bike.
Unfortunately, a bit into year 2, the clamp that holds the seat started to budge over hard terrain so that the nose would point up and i'd have to stop, loosen, adjust, tighten. Race Face warrantied it with no problem and in very timely fashion.
I'm a little leary of this happening again, but I believe the warranty on this product is 5 years and as I see a lot of old scratched up XYs on freeride bikes I would bet it probably wouldn't. And I feel pretty good about taking a chance on a company that backs up their goods
Really liked the post, but lose 1 chili for the incident, and lose an additional chili on value because the post is something like $170 canadian. I'll post again if i put another year on the new one. And I would try a Race Face again if i needed a post with setback. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Caldwell
a Weekend Warrior
from Bowling Green, KY
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any trail I can be on! | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria | | Strengths: | Strength, ease of adjustment, set back amount, looks cool | | Weaknesses: | Cost | | Similar Products Used: | OEM, Thompson | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Spec. Enduro, XT drivetrain & brakes with Race Face cockpit. | | Bottom Line: | A seatpost is not a standout item on the bike, but if it is good looking, strong and easy to adjust, it will surpass expectations. I have tried the Thompson posts, and they are great, but the adjustment of the Race Face is sooooooo easy! Two bolt setup...one for tilt and one for fore and aft tweaking. The 1" set back of the post places me in an ideal position on the bike.
The cost is the downside, but if you can find one on sale, you will never regret it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kyle Morton
a Weekend Warrior
from Whitecourt Alberta Canada
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Everything | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Revolution Cycle Edmonton | | Strengths: | Ease of setup, Adjustability, Sweet looks | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Nothing | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Big Hit Comp with Shiver and many goodies! | | Bottom Line: | I just set this post up with my new Funn Launch Pad and it was a very simple procedure. It was weird seeing a post that was so adjustable. Looks great too. I would recommend this seat post to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jake
a Cross Country Rider
from Lake Bluff, IL
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | earth | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Innovative clamp, solid clamp design, good looks, Race Face. | | Weaknesses: | Two words: Thermal Shock | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager, Icon | | Bike Setup: | C-dale SuperV700. | | Bottom Line: | I was really happy about this post until I removed it from my home (68 degrees) and took it outside on a colderish day (35 degrees). I rode for about thirty seconds on flat ground and hit a small bump. At which time I heard a distinctive metallic "ping" and my seat fell off. The tube split at the top and the clamp fell out of the tube.
The best I can figure is that the tube cooled quickly and contracted around the cylinder of the clamp, which was still warm. This difference created a stress large enough to fracture the tube. This could have been an isolated event due to stacked tolerances or a material flaw in my tube, but still, a product should not do that - the temperature gradient wasn't even that large.
Three flaming chilis - I wish I could have given it more, because I really liked that thing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
james stockstill
a Weekend Warrior
from Hohenfels Germany
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | all of em | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Lots of adjustment, pretty light, 1 inch set back, | | Weaknesses: | none so far unless you count the high price. | | Similar Products Used: | Post modern,Coda and a Ritchey but it was junk. | | Bike Setup: | Aluminum hard tail, big tires, big fork...
It sure is fun in the woods! | | Bottom Line: | This seat post is on its second frame!! I think
I broke 3 or seats off the darn thing. Almost crushed my junk from bad landings and it just keeps going, can't bend or break it. All I do when I replace the saddle is tighten down the bolts and hammer. no problems... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crasher
a Weekend Warrior
from Bowling Green, KY
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Hamilton Creek, Nashville TN | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Can't remember | | Strengths: | Strength, ease of adjustment & tight clamping action
1" setback was a bonus | | Weaknesses: | None except it is priced on the high end of the aluminum scale. | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson (great stem, touchy to adjust)
Control Tech (bent 2)
| | Bike Setup: | San Andreas with XT disc, 6" travel, Race Face cockpit
and XT drivetrain. Bomber Z1CR fork
| | Bottom Line: | In summary, this post is a solid, easy to adjust, "never have to think about it" kinda' item.
I am a bigger rider and have bent quite a few OEM seatposts. I bought a Thompson and thought it was great except for the adjustment screws. I tried the XY because I wanted a seatpost with setback, and I will never buy another post. Yeah, it is on the higher end of the $$, but the quality makes up for the small premium.
I weigh 215 and have yet to have any issues with this product. The clamping mechanism is rock solid, and the adjustment process is clean and simple.
If you want a strong, easy to adjust, "never let you down" seatpost, get this one.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Troy Nazarchuk
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | U of A | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Some Guy | | Strengths: | -Easy to adjust if needed
-change the angle the seat is at very easily | | Weaknesses: | Very Expensive | | Similar Products Used: | n/a | | Bike Setup: | Brodie Jetson | | Bottom Line: | Good seat post very lite easy to maintain | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a Cross Country Rider
from Arlanta
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Porcupine Rim | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | SpeedGoat | | Strengths: | Very adjustable, easy set up, strong, setback, wide range of adjustment, great design | | Weaknesses: | A bit heavy | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Truth, sub 25 pounds, RaceFace Cranks, XT, Avid, Thompson Stem, Chris King, Monkeylite, Mavic Crossmax UST | | Bottom Line: | The Thompson I used previously was very light and elegantly made, but did not have the adjustability to get my seat exactly where I needed it. I needed about another 1/2" or so setback. The Race Face is an amazing design, allows quick adjustment to get the seat exactly where you want it. As with all Race Face, it is very strong. The price is a bit more weight. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin S.
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, Ca.
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Mission Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | Cambria Bicycle Outfitter | | Strengths: | very well designed, and engineered. Clamp does not slip at all even when saddle is set back as far as possible. Infinite adjustability. | | Weaknesses: | none that can think of | | Similar Products Used: | Titec, Kore, Thomson | | Bike Setup: | Litespeed/XTR, Mavic Cross-Max Wheelset. | | Bottom Line: | I've abused this post to the max, and it is still as straight as an arrow, plus the clamp will not slip. Considering that this is fairly light post, I'm amazed at how strong it is. I'd surely buy another one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a
from Appelgate, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Very strong, extends cockpit for taller riders, easy to adjust. | | Weaknesses: | A bit spendy. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT; Syncros Hardcore; American Classic; Control Tech; Misc. no-name OEM posts. | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAD-3 (Hardtail). | | Bottom Line: | I'm 6'4" and go 220 lbs. on a good day and I have bent many a seat-post over the years. In fact, the only post listed above that I have NOT bent is the Syncros Hardcore and the Raceface XY. The XY is a very strong and well designed post. It is easy to adjust and I have not had any problems with the clamp "slipping" as other reviewers have had. The single-bolt clamp makes set-up a breeze and the lay-back helps tall guys out tremendously. I'd recommend the XY to anyone who wants a little more room in the cockpit and needs a post that is clydesdale worthy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Will
a
from Puyallup, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 4, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: | I looks awsome. | | Weaknesses: | It will not keep from tilting fore and aft. The weak nut and bolt combination to tighten it from doing so stripped out way to easily. This post really sucks. Wouldn't recomend to anybody. | | Similar Products Used: | Generic seat posts that come with cheaper bikes, and Thomson, which is sweet. | | Bottom Line: | Do not buy this post. It will not keep from tiliting fore and aft. Even after replacing the week aluminum nut and bolt with steel ones, it will not stay in one place. All I did was ride it around my driveway and lawn. I didn't ever ride hard on it, and it moved around. Very poor quality. I tried contacting RaceFace, and got no response at all. Go with Thomson. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kris
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | ease of adjustability
offset for riders with long torsos | | Weaknesses: | slippage, slippage and more slippage | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson Elite | | Bike Setup: | Klein Adroit Pro, XTR, Rolf Propel XC's | | Bottom Line: | Well, I thought this post would answer my problems; I'm 6'2" with a long torso so I need the offset post. Great design and easy to install but I can't keep the thing tight. If I hit a bump the seat ends up pointing up to the sky. I usually have to stop 3-4 times on a ride to tighten the angle adjustment bolt and I know if I crank it harder I will bust it just as others on this list have done.
Good design on paper, not so good on the trails... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a Racer
from PA
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Amount of aft seat adjustment. Separately able to adjust fore/aft and seat angle. | | Weaknesses: | None yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Easton. Bontrager. | | Bike Setup: | Klein Attitude Race | | Bottom Line: | Offers adequate aft seat adjustmnet that my long thigh requires. If you don't need a consideralble aft seat adjustment I'd stick with a more conventional design.
Does what it is supposed to do.
No problem yet with 'seat angle slippage' as mentioned elsewhere. I ride a hardtail, weigh 180# and I've got my seat set as far back as it will possibly go-this really torques on the seat angle adjustment and I've had no slippage.
I recomend cleaning the mecahnism well, greasing the angle adjustment bolt well, and using a torque wrench to tighten. I do this periodically and have had no problems.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephan
a
from SoCal
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Maybe for XC or around town... | | Weaknesses: | Cannot keep fore/aft in one position on any ride (all four I've been on with this thing). Every time I land semi-hard on the seat it whips up. I'm talking small sets of stairs here... And now I've stripped the bolt trying to tighten it, so hopefully this time it won't move (not counting on it though). | | Similar Products Used: | Kore | | Bike Setup: | Spooky | | Bottom Line: | As I stated in the weaknesses, this thing just won't keep it's fore/aft positioning. The little piece of plastic used to clamp down the angle is pathetic. If they switched it to some sort or ridged metal maybe it would hold. NOTE: This post maybe great for climbing or XC, but for urban assault, DS, or DH (if you ever land hard on your seat) get a different post, there is no hope at all for this one. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lightning Crow
a Cross Country Rider
from Albuquerque NM USA
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | South Foothills | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Main post,looks(bigdeal) | | Weaknesses: | fore/aft bolt,constant creaking | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson,Kore,Easton | | Bike Setup: | Does'nt matter..but I ride a Marin hardtail,Sun,XTR | | Bottom Line: | OK HERE'S THE story,after 3 months the bolt for the fore/aft
position snapped during a race in Co.I returned it to
my LBS where I bought the thing,They sent it BACK TO
RACEFACE,..HEY ALL I WANTED WAS A REPLACEMENT BOLT and for
Raceface to cover it UNDER THEIR WARRANTY..AFTER 6 WEEKS
they returned it to my LBS and told them that
THEY WON'T HONOR ANY WARRANTY SINCE MY LBS IS NOT A
REGISTERED RACEFACE DEALER !!!!AND THAT THERE ISNT ANY
REGISTERED DEALERS IN NEW MEXICO.SO I am just OUT OF LUCK!
WHAT KIND of crud is this?You would think that standing
behind their products and those of us who buy them would be
of SOME IMPORTANCE to ANY company?By refusing to honor their
product RACEFACE has shown at least to me that THIS IS NOT
a company to trust or support in any way.
BOTTOM LINE...IF you live in NM,DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM
RACEFACE or you are screwed.
PS.My LBS replaced the broken post with a Ritchey,in fact
they insisted with NO insistance from me,GOOD PEOPLE.
AGAIN DON'T BUY RACEFACE THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR
YOU IF THEIR PRODUCT FAILS.
Only wish I could give a minus 10 Chili's to these jerks
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Downhiller
from San Jose CA
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | downieville DH | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | It looks really slick... | | Weaknesses: | After snapping 2 bolts, sliding the layback adjustment spindle out and grinding it to give some gripping surface, turning the clamps upside down, I was finally able to maintain a tight layback adjustment without coming loose. The seat came loose on every single ride, and in the middle of the downieville (16mile!!) race. I know 2 other people who cant keep the layback adjustment tight also... | | Similar Products Used: | Titec/syncros/generic seat post (no problems with any) | | Bike Setup: | Dirtworks piranha/Hanebrink G-7 D321 w/8" hayes raceface northshores | | Bottom Line: | Bottom Line: Someone once told me that raceface makes some of the strongest components. In one race, I managed to shove a seat up my butt because the layback adjustment wont stay tight, almost lose a pedal in my northshore cranks due to the threads almost stripping out (with brand new pedals only the 2nd pair on the cranks), and at the same time, bend the hell out of the left crank arm (again.. these are race face cranks with only one season on them). Maybe I ride too hard? Maybe their products are more commercialized than others.. who knows... the products failed in my opinion, I am only 180lbs and I literally destroyed 2 of the better components they have to offer.. and all of that without crashing or casing any large rocks. Good luck, and hopefully you dont have the same problems.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael
a Cross Country Rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Too many too list | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | www.speedgoat.com | | Strengths: | Adjustability | | Weaknesses: | The latest ones(2) I have purchased don't seem to be as strong as the first one I purchased. They both bent back very easily. A friend of mine bent his RaceFace Prodigy post on the first ride! | | Bike Setup: | SC Chameleon/Atom 80 | | Bottom Line: | They warranteed the first post no questions asked. I have yet to hear back from them about the second post. When you pay $80 for a seatpost...it shouldn't bend so easily. Also the rail bolt broke on one them recently. Customer service is good but quality/strength seems poor. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rick Morgan
a Cross Country Rider
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | tiger mountain | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | OregonMTB@excite.com | | Strengths: | *easy adjustability
*strong
*looks good
*moderately priced | | Weaknesses: | *haven't seen any yet | | Similar Products Used: | Many others. | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Element TO, Mars Super fork, cane creek disc WAM wheels, conti tires, hope mini disc brakes, thomson stem, easton carbon bar, and SRAM 9.0SL drivetrain. Not a single shimano part on this bike! | | Bottom Line: | All I wanted was a good, easygoing, height-weight proportional, single,
durable seatpost with a little layback for my times of need.
I couldn't believe how difficult is was to find a good seatpost. I tried two Titanium posts (moots and ticycles),
one carbon fiber post (Easton CT2) and two aluminum posts
(Syncros and Thomson).
Each post had some annoying feature that I just couldn't live with. The easton post slipped in my frame and didn't have enough layback. The thomson post only fit about 1cm into my frame, the moots post didn't have enough layback, etc etc.
Well the good 'ol canucks at Raceface came through for me.
I was reluctant to purchase the XY post because of some bad reviews and the posted mass. Let me tell you, this is NOT a heavy post. I weighed mine in my chemistry lab to a national bureau of standard scale and it only weighs 206g. Far less than the posted 280g
The layback is just right but the most impressive thing is the incredibly intelligent adjusting mechanism. The ordinate and abcissa at mutually independent. That is, you can adjust forward postion and angle respectively in a discrete fashion.
I am over 200 lbs and came down hard on this post several times. I could see it bow under my mass but it handles the tensile stress very well. No plastic elongation at all.
And in the end, it just looks badass. I gotta love it.
Five hot chilis for this piece of perfection. --Rick
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam Davidson
a Weekend Warrior
from Chelmsford MA
Date Reviewed: May 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Tophet Loop | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | The Cycle Loft | | Strengths: | it was good at first, easily adjustable, it has layback, it didn't squek, it treated me with respect...we had meaningful conversations...oops. Well, anyways, it was good while it lasted. | | Weaknesses: | I hardly torqued the angle bolt and it snapped in two. THe angle mechanism CONSTANTLY let the seat move, no matter how tight,(handsome yet BAD design) just plain annoying | | Similar Products Used: | thompson, syncros, icon | | Bike Setup: | Intense Tracer gray ano, RF stem, icon riser, marz. z3 bam w/100mm upgrade, all xt, sun rhynolite xl's, bontrager racelite seat, michelin hot s', dk iron cross peds, Rf post, odi lock ons | | Bottom Line: | good while it lasted, SUCKED, good adjustability, SUCKED, worked great til it broke and now it SUCKS | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Racer
from Dover, Ohio
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Mickeys Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Strengths: | all | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bike Setup: | completely upgraded 1998 Schwinn Moab 2 | | Bottom Line: | Those of you that complain about this awesome component need to get a life. Either you are too fat or you ride like you need a solid steel post. As for the creaking: get over it!!! Use a little grease and it goes away. Most of you are just trying to find reasons to whine. The only thing questionable would be weight, but since I am not racing for a paycheck I say heck with it and go for a ride!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dino Vizzoca
a
from Burlington, NJ
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Jim Thorphe Poconos | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | On line Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Clamp is infintely adjustable for seat angle, set back design.
| | Weaknesses: | This is the second XY post I,ve owned. I sent the first one back to Raceface because it fit too snug in my Cannondale seat tube. The post diameter is supposed to be 27.2 mm. I have tried inserting the same post in two different Cannondale bikes and have to force the post in with too much effort to suit me. The replacement post is too wide for the seat tube as well. Raceface has good customer service but their product Quality Assurance leaves a little to be desired. | | Bike Setup: | Jekyll 3000 w/ Hayes discs and XTR. | | Bottom Line: | If you own a Cannondale think twice about ordering this post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bernard
a Downhiller
from The netherlands
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Vars | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$99.00 | | Strengths: | It's has one inch offset and that's good for dual. And it's supposed to be strong | | Weaknesses: | Because it has a one inch offset clamp it bends real easy and yous seat turns when you land very hard after a jump | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros Ti, Thomson elite | | Bike Setup: | GT zaslar le | | Bottom Line: | It's a good seatpost, but those guys from raceface has to do something about that seatclamp. And make it stronger so that it won't bend.
Very good waranty!!!
Awesome look | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
XaMieL
a Cross Country Rider
from Toronto
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | What ever I ride | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | Trail Blazers Cycle | | Strengths: | Made by Canadians for the whole wide world, Clamping mechanism, looks trick, | | Weaknesses: | Absolutely, positively none! | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros Post, Interloc(Kona house brand) | | Bike Setup: | Rocky Mountain Thin Air 2000, XT/XTR, Race Face, Time. | | Bottom Line: | This is one of the components that you should be able to set it up and forget it. Besides some initial squeaking when I first bought it, after I greased the clamp screw "poof" like magic, gone. I like the XY axis clamp. It allows infinite adjustment fore, aft and angled up/down.
I have every other Race Face component on my bike and am sold on the quality, service and price. Sure you pay through the nose but you get what you pay for. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from Central Florida
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | Excellent seat clamp
looks cool as hell
strong | | Weaknesses: | kind of on the heavy side but thats not that much of a problem for me | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Cad3, Race Face, Chris King, Time | | Bottom Line: | Ever sence I got the post and set it up I havent had to touch it. Them Canadians could teach up a few things about making bike parts. Highly recomended | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rod Angler
a Weekend Warrior
from nola
Date Reviewed: December 14, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Super adjustable, and independently adjustable. A very clever design. Quiet, no squeaks yet. Good warranty on paper, and the company is good about honoring warranty work (on my stem anyway, seatpost is fine so far) | | Weaknesses: | A bit heavy. But that should also equal durability. Expensive. | | Similar Products Used: | An awful Titec with hard-to-reach adjustment knob that was under saddle. | | Bike Setup: | yep | | Bottom Line: | Great product so far, if you can swing the $$ and the grams. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick Heywood
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Secret | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Looks great.
Light.
The clamp design is superb.
5-year warranty. | | Weaknesses: | Bit pricey.
Why oh why oh why have I managed to bend the main tube?!? And how? I don't weight loads (200lbs), I don't ride like an idiot, and I never bent my old Syncros post in 3 years!! | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros | | Bike Setup: | Cove Stiffee, XT/XTR, Pace RC-37, set-up for playing | | Bottom Line: | How have I managed to bend one of the (supposedly) strongest seatposts on the market? Needless to say, Race Face replaced under 5-year warranty, which was nice, and I haven't bent the new one. But why did I bend the old one?!? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Racer
from San Carlos Ca
Date Reviewed: October 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | easy installation | | Weaknesses: | see below | | Bottom Line: | Thought my seatpost was great till the aluminum cage that goes over the top snapped at were the round nut rests. Now I can see this is a weak spot, but a nice design. Rather have an uglier post that works! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul Bentley
a Cross Country Rider
from Gloucestershire, UK
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Bredon Hill / Forest of Dean | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | LeisureLakes, Cheltenham | | Strengths: | Looks great, fantastic clamp mechanism (no more fannying about) -there are two allen bolts, one to control the sangle of dangle, the other forward / aft settings. Its soooooooo easy to set up and adjust. Do yourself a favour and get one. | | Weaknesses: | Don't be silly | | Similar Products Used: | Synchros | | Bike Setup: | XCR1000 / full XTR / SID SL's / crossmax / Raceface stem riser bar & post / Tioga semislicks / Ringle bottle carrier | | Bottom Line: | I'd say its optimal. I've haven't seen better. All of a sudden its no hassle to make fine adjustments for your booty position. Max chillies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from T.O. Canada
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Seaton / Whitevale | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Northern Cycle | | Strengths: | -Design -Looks -Canadian, eh ! ! -Preformance
-Clamp Design | | Weaknesses: | Absolutely nuthin' | | Similar Products Used: | Icon, Easton, Titec, lots of others | | Bike Setup: | '99 Trek 8000, Race Face Full, XT | | Bottom Line: | This is yet another top notch product from our friendz at Race Face. Clamp is wicked, Full ajustability, looks great, has a three year warranty, but it'll last WAY longer than that, and it's VERY strong. If you've got tha cash, whiz right by Easton, and grab yourself the best. Race Face. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mario Javier
a Weekend Warrior
from Oakville, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Kelso, Waterdown, Hardwood Hills | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Cyclepath Oakville | | Strengths: | Looks, Workmanship (Canadian of course, eh!), value, customer service. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | thompson, titec | | Bike Setup: | Joshua X-0, Raceface, full XT | | Bottom Line: | This is just an update of my earlier review. I had this post now since May of 1999 and I have been riding a lot. So far, there is no sign of fatigue or nuisance creaking noise.
I recommend this post to anyone, or any other components from Raceface. The quality and customer service really worth the amount of money I paid for all the components I bought from this company. Keep up the good work!
By the way, does anyone know how long before I need to replaced the post? I know that handlebars have a 5 years life before they break. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Thomo
a Cross Country Rider
from Vail, CO USA
Date Reviewed: August 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Pearl Pass/anything in Grand Cty. | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Everything, design, looks, performance. | | Weaknesses: | Nothing yet, price?? Just buy the damn thing, it's worth it. | | Similar Products Used: | Ringle, Control Tech | | Bike Setup: | I use it on both my Rocky Mountain full suspension and my Trek hard-tail. XTR/RaceFace/Mavic/Time/Chris King | | Bottom Line: | I purchased this to get more room in the cockpit. All other posts don't give you that flexibility. The XY rules!! Support Canada anyway you can, this product is far superior to anything out there. A freakin' three fingered anorexic midget could set it up, it's really that simple to use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Cross Country Rider
from Idaho
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Canfield | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | clamp design | | Weaknesses: | clamp design, price | | Similar Products Used: | Coda, Titec | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Jeckyl, XT discs, WTB Ti saddle | | Bottom Line: | The clamp design is outstanding with the one bolt system for seat movement, and another one bolt system for seat angle - changing one leaves the other unaffected. Its genius! However, the rails are clamped together to hold the saddle one, pinching them closer enough my saddlebag was awkward to fit, though it has been on this saddle for years. 4 chilis. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason McCartney
a Racer
from San Diego,CA
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Noble Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | cool looks, raceface reputation for quality products, ease of installation and adjustment | | Weaknesses: | sorta pricey, not superlight | | Similar Products Used: | bontrager race | | Bike Setup: | Yeti A.R.C. w/ full XTR, RS Sid SL, raceface goodies, and bontrager racelite wheelset | | Bottom Line: | This is a top quality product from our friends to the north. To those who haave whined about your seatpost I don't know what you're doing wrong, but I'm running my post w/ a ti railed WTB seat and haven't heard a peep from either one yet. Guess I'll just have to keep listening. But seriously though this is a good post and I'd recommend it to all but the weight weenies who'll moan and groan about a few extra grams. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MARK PAGE
a Weekend Warrior
from LOUGHBOROUGH
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Race Face brand, looks sooo cool and easy to fit. | | Weaknesses: | Price, but you get what you pay for! | | Similar Products Used: | Bigfoot | | Bike Setup: | Muddy Fox ALU PRO, complete race face makeover. | | Bottom Line: | Got some spare cash?, go and blow it on one of these and
don't ever regret it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jay
a Weekend Warrior
from london
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Warranty | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Kore Titec Syncros | | Bike Setup: | Heckler XTR | | Bottom Line: | had one and it bent in an hour got a new one by return of post from Chain Reacton in Ireland.
Have not bent this one and I feel I need to rescore the post for the record.
I is easy to set up and has taken some V big hits since it was replacedn for the record I weigh 240lbs if it works for me it will work for you.
Excellent Warranty service and that's rare.
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ade
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, ON
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Strong
Ease of set up
Layback
Looks cool | | Weaknesses: | Not really that light | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros, USE, Kalloy yuk! | | Bike Setup: | Cann F700, RF cranks, XTR
| | Bottom Line: | Strong and has the best fixing method ive seen. Set up takes two mins and stays put. Not light but neiher am I.
Got this due to 400mm and i needed extra height, with the layback it offers a multitude of settings.
No creaking, ever, and i have a ti saddle and come in at 220lbs!
| | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from Lodi, Ca
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Downieville trails | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Looks, Design, Ease of Adjustment, 1" "set back", price, strength. | | Weaknesses: | No apparent weaknesses so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Control Tech (bent it), Syncros Hardcore (bent it), Thompson (creaky). | | Bike Setup: | Ventana Marbel Peak, XTR, all the good stuff. | | Bottom Line: | This post has been relatively trouble free except for a squeak here and there, I greased the contact points and they went away for good. Excellent adjustment mechanism. I weigh 230 lbs and recommend this post for all. It is serving me well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
RooX
a Weekend Warrior
from NorthShore
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | The dump | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Its raceface... its pretty bomber... and the one inch offset kicks the lama's a$$. Pretty too | | Weaknesses: | Occasional squeaks | | Similar Products Used: | No names.. thompsons, kore | | Bike Setup: | '99 GT 2000 i drive, (QR 20's) with a WTB SST-98 saddle | | Bottom Line: | Kciks butt.. love the offset and the simle handy adjustment. It gets a five for value as it makes my bike more ridable without having to buy a new bike... and overall it gets a five too...(for the reasons stated in my product strengths For those that say it creaks.. LUBE IT MORE OFTEN!!! And knowing RAceFace im sure their warrenty (like ill need it) is wicked. And i read a review where the guy said the post wouldent stay tight.. hmmmm MABEY ITS THE WRONG SIZED POST... buncha weirdos.. get out and ride eh!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mario Javier
a Weekend Warrior
from Oakville, Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Waterdown, Kelso | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | CANADIAN = excellent $$$$ value and workmanship | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson, Titec | | Bike Setup: | Joshua X-0 full XT and Raceface. | | Bottom Line: | I had this post since May of 1999 and been riding 4 times a week, 2 hours average. I weigh 190lbs and ride agressively, the post seems to hold up my weight. No sign of bending, or creaking noise. I recommend this post, if you are in the market for one. I got this at Cyclepath in Oakville for a good price. Please call John at 905-338-0783 for a quote on one of this post or anything regarding bikes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Handley
a Cross Country Rider
from Allendale, Northumberland
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Allendale | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Beauty - Strength - adjustment clamp design | | Weaknesses: | Not all are available in a silver/pewter finish and I'm worried the black will ultimately scratch. | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy, X-Lite, Control Tech | | Bike Setup: | Ibis H/Tail | | Bottom Line: | I'm really pleased with the Race Face post. It is one of a few available in the 28.6 size which looks this good and works this well!
XY posts do cost more than some of the others I've tried (I paid £75 GBP's), but its been well designed for single bolt adjustment, 1 for the saddle angle, 1 for the rail back/forward adjustment...and theres plenty of room to position yourself perfectly.
The only problem I've had was re-tightening the bolts on the first ride, entirely my fault - I knew I should have tightened them harder at home, but I was keen to go out and ride. It hasn't slipped at all!
Other than this I only notice the post when I'm putting it into the car...a sure sign that it's simply doing it's job and not causing any problems...and thats exactly the way it should be!
Smiley happy rider! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tw
a Weekend Warrior
from id
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | anything with dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | heavy duty
the offset
| | Weaknesses: | weight
price | | Similar Products Used: | ringle moby | | Bike Setup: | 1998 haro | | Bottom Line: | this post gets my 5 mainly because i haven't had no problems with it. I never had the creaking like some of the other people did. i did have creaking with my moby though. I just gobbed a little grease on it when I got it about a year ago and no probs. the offset is good for me ...I like to be stretched out on my bike.
the price is a little spendy. i wish i could get about 90 bucks from 50 beer cans if i recycled them...thats about how much aluminum is in this post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott Bays
a Cross-Country Rider
from Bonneau, SC
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
tsali, thompson loop | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Clamping mechanism, post length (400mm), looks | | Weaknesses: |
weight | | Similar Products Used: |
CODA, Mcmahon ti | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale Raven | | Bottom Line: | Great post, a little expensive, I like the offset, It has started to creak after maybe 100 rides, but take it apart, clean and re-lube, and creaking gone for another 100 rides. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Geoff
a Cross-Country Rider
from Raleigh, NC
Date Reviewed: October 18, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
any still open | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Awesome looks, infinite adjustability, setback. | | Weaknesses: |
weight | | Similar Products Used: |
kalloy easton EA70 | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale F800, Headshock Fatty DL | | Bottom Line: | Paid too much for this post at my LBS, but i had too have it. Post is by far the coolest looking out there. Thought it would be lighter however. Still shed some weight from my Kalloy. Haven't had any creaking groaning or any other odd sounds from this post, nor has there been any slippage. great post if you don't mind the slight added weight. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross-Country Rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: September 8, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
'Nam | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Adjustability
Ease of Bolt access | | Weaknesses: |
None | | Similar Products Used: |
Icon | | Bike Setup: |
Trek 8500 | | Bottom Line: | This is a great seatpost. RaceFace makes some great products...retail prices are a bit high though. Shop around online to get a good deal. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blair
a Weekend Warrior
from Delta, BC
Date Reviewed: September 2, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Looks
Ease of Adjustment
Setback | | Weaknesses: |
Weak post
Slipping Mechanism | | Similar Products Used: |
Ritchey | | Bike Setup: |
Rocky Mountain Blizzard | | Bottom Line: | I've bent four. The post is nice, the adjustment mechanism is nice, but if you don't clamp it tight, it slips. It creaks, but never-seez cures that. The LBS hates to see me coming with bent posts. The warranty service is great though! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Teradactyl
a Weekend Warrior
from Bedrock, Texas
Date Reviewed: August 31, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Dino Valley TX | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Sturdy, rock solid
Easy set up
Made in Canada
Looks great | | Weaknesses: |
Limited colour choices,
red would be nice | | Bike Setup: |
RM Vapor w/ stock bombersRF cranks, rings, bb | | Bottom Line: | What a great post. Bent one and decided to go to something tougher. This one looks great, it's tough and it's Canadian.
As far as the squeaking that others post about goes, I heeded some very simple but perfect advice from John the wrench at Phat Tire. I was told to follow the instructions on greasing it...the bolts and where the clamps slide etc.. Well, I did that and it doesn't make a peep. It's quiet and doesn't budge.
I didn't realize a seatpost could increase the number of compliments I get on my bike. Especially when I used to get so many as it was.
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tester
a Cross-Country Rider
from boston ma
Date Reviewed: May 25, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Bottom Line: | This is an excellent alum post. The creaking probs in other reviews are not the fault of the post but rather the seat rail itself. If yours creaks, Lock-tite red on the bracket will stop it along with any slippage probs also. Common home remedies like this can cure many probs. Don't listen to the noise of other reviews because empty cans make the most noise. With common sense, bolts won't strip, the post won't bend, and adjustment will hold. In the unlikely event you actually do get a flawed post then the warr will cover it. Overlook the added weight for the benefit of super easy adjustment and cool looks. Empty cans need not apply-all others should consider this post. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crank
a Cross-Country Rider
from Honolulu
Date Reviewed: April 29, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Bottom Line: | Reviewed some of the other comments below and just wanted to add one someone else expressed about the creaking. It creaked when I used the DH Berserker with Ti rails. Now using WTB SST.98 with Ti rails and no creaks | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crank
a Cross-Country Rider
from Honolulu
Date Reviewed: April 29, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Great looks, very functional. | | Weaknesses: |
None | | Similar Products Used: |
Thomson Elite
Kalloy
Ritchey | | Bike Setup: |
F/S Cross Country | | Bottom Line: | Shortened my stem because I was too laid out in front. Needed to move my seatback but not enough length on the seat rails so I purchased the Raceface with its rear offset. Made all the difference in the world. Bike finally fits and it it has more control to my liking. If your bike compartment is too cramped, this is the way to go. Set the seat up once and never had to readjust or retighten. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Raphael
a Cross-Country Rider
from Burnaby, BC
Date Reviewed: April 6, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
It's Canadian!!
The Setback
ease of adjustment
It doesn't look like any other post
5 mm allen bolt, not 4 or 6 | | Weaknesses: |
slight weight penalty | | Similar Products Used: |
Axiom, Kalloy, Concept, Suntour, Tall Cool one. | | Bike Setup: |
Norco Torrent | | Bottom Line: | Off all the seat posts that I have ever owned, nothing beats out my Racface. it's stylish and yet very functional. it actually looks like a piece of art. I can change seat and still have the same tilt. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Benicia
Date Reviewed: March 14, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Rockville | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Great adjustability. I like the setback. Has a good feel | | Weaknesses: |
It's slightly heavy. I have a 27.2x400mm. The hunk of metal is 303g! Oh well, I knew it before I bought it. | | Similar Products Used: |
I've tried a couple setback posts, Kalloy and Controltech. | | Bike Setup: |
I put it on my C'dale, SV2000. It improved my ride thru better positioning. | | Bottom Line: | The post its a quality piece of equipment. Looks good, feels good and adjusting is a breeze! My seat even feels more comfortable. Probably due to the setback opening up my pocket. Is it worth the money? It was to me. The Kalloy weighs 330g and costs only $30 instead of $90 -$100 and never has problems. It looks like cheap shitthough. Image is expensive! I give it 5 burnin Witch fingers, it looks good, rides great and I love the adjustment. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott Traube
a cross-country rider
from Dallas, TX
Date Reviewed: March 12, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
Great post, nice length, really nice adjustability. But it seems a wee heavy.. which I don't mind.. I'd rather have something a wee heavy (and not break), than wee light (and break), which I'm sure is due to the extra aluminum in the head piece.. which is the best part because of the adjustability. All the previous postings regarding the creaking are absolutely correct. Mine started halfway through the first ride, and the rest of my bike does not creak, so its totally unacceptable.. I put some light greese on the part where the seat rails clamp in (which is what is creaking), and the problem stopped, but I haven't done a full ride since this fix... so I'll find out if it holds up.. if the creaking then stops and nothing slips from the grease, I'll recommend getting it, but I'm making my rating lower because this is an obvious problem with the post. (maybe fixable, but still a problem) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Senon
a weekend warrior
from Chimayo New Mexico
Date Reviewed: March 1, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I think the RaceFace XY Seatpost is one of the nicest looking seatpost around. I installed it on my Cannondale Super V 500 and it looks very nice. The ease of installing is just superb and quite simple to adjust. I read about the cracking sound, but I haven't had any problems with mine so far. I recommend it. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Keith McCaulley
a weekend warrior
from iowa
Date Reviewed: February 19, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I think the xy kicks major ass. I haven't experienced any problems and the adjustability rocks. The color scheme works with my high end ti frame and the weight is competitive with other seatpost. But mostly, RaceFace is just a cool assed company and all of us americans envy the canadians. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blair
a weekend warrior
from Delta, B.C.
Date Reviewed: January 27, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I bust everything. I'm 230lbs and ride a steel hardtail. I've bent two other posts and destroyed one (ripped the clamp out of the tube). I admit, I bent a Raceface XY too. They replaced it right away. Not bad. I've had this one (a new model) for about three months now, and that is really good for me. I wrecked a post in 30 minutes once. The clamp works great, and maybe it does creak, but I can't tell over eveything else that creaks on my bike. If it stands up to me, it gets a five. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lychee
a cross-country rider
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: January 9, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
juz got a new frame which is cannondale caad3 but the top tube was slightly on the short side so i exchanged the thompson elite for raceface. the offset of 1 inch did plenty to improve my posture and felt great and stiff under my butts.in singapore, both the price of thompsom and raceface is the same so i did the barter. even though friend said thomp is the best(probably a prejudiced remark),
i still felt that raceface is top-notched and offers solid performance.creaking? thats probably bullslit unless u own an elephant's ass.
a value for money seatpost that looks uniqueand elegant.
power stuff that will make thompson look like sausage!!
| | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
bill Makemson
a cross-country rider
from Scottsdale, AZ.
Date Reviewed: November 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
My post made allot of noise because i had to tighten it down so hard to keep it from slipping, now it has cracked so i will seek a replacement after i get my money back. I am very disappointed since i only got about a month of riding in on it. NOT Recommended at all!!!!!!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Flyin Hawaiian
a weekend warrior
from Arizona
Date Reviewed: November 10, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I had the Race Face XY post on my previous bike and I loved it. I liked the laid-back position for downhilling as well as the sweet looks of the post. I had no problems with creaking or slippage. I ran the post with an SDG Ventura Comp saddle.I like the post so much that I'm planning on buying a new Race Face post for my new Specialized FSR as well as another SDG saddle, the two look great together.Riding in Arizona is fun but the downhills aren't as good as Hawaii. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jimbeau
a cross-country rider
from California
Date Reviewed: October 14, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
My original review gave this post a 5.....that was about 4 months ago. Soooo----5 minus 4 equals 1!!! Like many others, I purchased this post because of the off-set it provided (along with the RaceFace name). At first, I was VERY pleased. Now, I am VERY disappointed. The notorious creaking began after having about 10 hours on the post. I tried grease...removed the grease...tightened all the bolts...removed/re-installed post, bolts and seat...different grease...totally dry (no oil/grease/dirt/etc). Relief from the creaking lasted no more than 1/2 hour. While removing (yep, removing) one of the bolts, it broke. Now there is a small crack in the part that clamps the rails -- unsafe at any speed. I'm under 200 pounds and ride within reason. This is totally unacceptable. Anybody have suggestions for another post with an off-set? Thanks. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rod Lowe
a cross-country rider
from Wichita, KS USA
Date Reviewed: September 13, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I purchased the RaceFace XY because of the offset for the seat. It works great. I've read reviews of creaking problems with the seatpost, but I've never experienced any problems with this at all. I'm 220pds and no problems in Colorado downhill or rough XC. It is easy to install and adjust. You have more adjustment for seat position than other posts and it definitely beats a Shimano post in terms of adjustment and post construction. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bogdan Miliu
a weekend warrior
from Ottawa
Date Reviewed: August 31, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I got the seat post when I went on a Race Face shopping spree. I haven't had any of the probs that are mentioned below with slippage or creaking ... maybe I installed it properly :) It certainly can't be my diminuative size ... I am 240 and do a lot of downhilling and technical stuff.The seat was super easy to install, and I really like the ease of adjustment. I have been riding on it now for a month and a half and it's still in the right position. If you are looking for a light weight post ... this is not it, you could go get a Synchros and have the thing snap on you ... if you want strenght and awesome customer service go with Race Face.So five flaming chillis it is.. ..later,
Bogdan. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
a weekend warrior
a
from Honolulu, Hawaii
Date Reviewed: July 9, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Bought the XY to get more layback on my LTSDS1000 and because the KORE that came with the bike kept bending at the seatpost clamp. As others have mentioned in their reviews, I've encountered creaking and seat slippage. The creaking emulates from the seat rail clamp...just put a bit of grease in the rails the the creaking should stop. Creaking is more of a problem if you have titanium rails. If you put too much grease, it will increase the seat slippage, so just smear a very thin layer and things should be okay. I noticed that certain seats then to slip more than others. I've used the Selle Italia Flite andTitec Berserker DH, both of which tended to slip unless I over-tightened the clamping bolt (risk of stripping). I'm currently using a WTB SST.98 saddle with titatium rails and have not had a problem with slippage yet.Adjustments are super easy and so far the post seems to be holding up well. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
HillPig
a cross-country rider
from Encephalitisville, WI
Date Reviewed: July 6, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I bought this product thinking it would be sweet, and it turned out to be kind of a pile. Whatever they do with the 90 bucks or whatever I paid for it, they sure don't calibrate their CNC rigs. I got it out of the box, and it's like Hey, this thing is heavy! I was replacing the Titec that came on my V8 (too short and needed more top tube length) and it felt a lot heavier. Then I threw my crappy WTB cromo railed tush punisher in the clamp and found out that the cyllindrical deal that rotates in the post's head was not machined even close to straight. The grooves where the rails go were uneven by about 1 cm. I figured that was where the creaking was coming from, so I sent the cyllinder thing back and got a new one. This one is crooked too, but only by a few mm, and I guess I'll have to live with it. I have no idea where all that creaking is coming from. I now have a Flite seat and it creaks too. It also slips when I turn my rear shock off. So, basiclally I have this $90 seatpost that is about as reliable as the $20 Kalloys that I used in 1993 slippage-wise, except those were lighter and didn't creak. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Postmaster
a cross-country rider
from Hawaii
Date Reviewed: July 5, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
The Raceface XY seatpost is a fine example of a intricate designed seat clamp with the ease of adjustability and a layback position for those who need it. The overall appearance seems like it would be a strong longlasting post as well.
The only problem I encountered with this post after proper installation and more than enough lube on all contact points was the dreaded creaking. I've used cheaper post without this annoying trait. Luckily I was able to return it and exchange it for a Thompson Elite . Those of you with creaking aluminum full suspension rigs may not mind another creak to harmonize, but for me it just an-
noying sound not to live with. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mitch the Bitch
a cross-country rider
from Detroit, MI
Date Reviewed: June 18, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I love it. I had to shim that b*tch to get it to fit my Ibis Alibi, but it turned that 17 frame into a super stretch. I'm 6'1 and I needed the extra length. And, ooooh, the adjustability! I looooooove it! I gotta give this bad boy a 5 set of smokin' hot-hots. | | Overall Rating: |
| |
|
Photo Caption Contest
(sponsored by Maxxis)
|
Enter here
|
|
|
$
