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Submitted by
Sam Zaydel
a Cross Country Rider
from Highlands Ranch, CO
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came equipped with Bike | | Strengths: | None at all. | | Weaknesses: | Worst post that I ever had the displeasure to ride on. | | Bottom Line: | This is the worst post that ever had. In fact posts with no name at all performed better than this post. It will not keep its adjustment. Even riding on a straight road, the clamp gives way, and the nose of the seat pops up. I tightened it with a ratchet to the point where the post was creaking, and after one ride the clamp gave up again. This is a true piece of crap if I ever saw one. I have to say that based on experience with this product, I will not buy any Ritchey ever! Yeah, it was that bad. I am just sorry that I could not give this thing an overall rating of 0. I would if I could. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bart
a Cross Country Rider
from Zonhoven, Belgium
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | terrils winterslag | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | janssen genk | | Strengths: | Nice looking | | Weaknesses: | Slips from the first ride. Always changes angle backwords. | | Bike Setup: | Cube Ltd 5, XT, Rithcey | | Bottom Line: | My CUBE is a brandnew bike after they stealed my TREK 7000 in France. It's complete SHIMANO XT, Ritchey Comp. Only the seatpost is very bad. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Charles Cherry
a Cross Country Rider
from Southern Oregon
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Wagner Gap | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | Moore's | | Strengths: | Very pretty. | | Weaknesses: | Lousy engineering, does not hold seat at the set angle, and it cannot be made to do so. | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | Full suspension. | | Bottom Line: | This post could be used as an object lesson for a first year design engineering course: Question, what's wrong with this design?
The angle adjustment relies on a steel serated piece to cut grooves into the aluminum seatpost. Even if the steel piece were well made, which it isn't, once it has cut the grooves, you won't be able to change it to a new position if you get it wrong the first time or change to a different seat.
But the steel piece is so poorly made that it doesn't cut clean, strong grooves in the aluminum, no matter how hard you clamp it. So, the pitiful, uneven, little groovelets it does make are easily torn off and the seat angle slips.
This is exacerbated but the fact that the steel piece is at the very bottom of the bracket, offering the greatest possible leverage by the seat to break the the hold.
The only good thing about this seatpost is its looks. It is really pretty. It would be great for a show bike that is never ridden.
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Submitted by
Jonathan Seely
a Cross Country Rider
from Grand Rapids, MI
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Yankee Springs | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$33.00 | | Purchased At: | Village Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Mmmm... none... | | Weaknesses: | Seat always slips back, won't clamp right, bends easily, creaks constantly | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy stock seatpost | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Kona Cindercone w/ stuff | | Bottom Line: | This seatpost absolutely sucks. It has to be one of the worst feats of mechanical engineering, ever. No matter how tight you tighten the seat clamp, within a week the seat will have cocked back so the nose is pointing to the sky. I can't believe what a piece of crap this post is. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tommi Bass
a Cross Country Rider
from U.K
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | ya sisters house! | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Merlincycles.co.uk | | Strengths: | It looks cool, black with silver text. | | Weaknesses: | none... | | Similar Products Used: | sick amount of cheap to mid priced stuff. | | Bike Setup: | two wheels and stuff! | | Bottom Line: | I wanted to get another rig built so i could just ride mellow stuff....the canals in the U.K. Cash was a bit low so i took a risk with this one guys. I only weigh 9 and a half stone..so i've had NO problems with this one at all. This products works very,very,very well for me cus i'm an ex fly weight boxer ie- mega light and fackin rock hard!
This is not burly post, it should not be used by burly chaps, they should get a Thompson etc.
The bottom line is it works!I have rode for about 1000 miles on this post, i jump the odd set of small stairs etc not one problem...Why? Because i used P.T.F.E tape on the bolt thread before i installed it on my bike!
If you like the pies, DON'T GET THIS POST, THE SADDLE MAY END UP IN YA ASS! ooohhh painfull ;-)
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Submitted by
EB
a Weekend Warrior
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Looks.... | | Weaknesses: | A post shouldn't be a seesaw... in other words, it doesn't hold its angle. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek product | | Bike Setup: | Jamis steel hardtail, LX, SRAM 7.0, Marc. Z.1 | | Bottom Line: | I haven't had this component very long, so take this for what it is worth. You expect any company that puts its name right there in big bright white letters on a black background would have a decent product. Plus, all I want to think about is how badly my legs burn or where my resp. rate is lying. Anyway, the post doesn't hold the angle no matter how much your strain to get that bolt tight. You bump your tail on a small crack in the road and the post is going to give the angle up. I guess there is one positive... I never knew I liked a little angle with my saddle. All in all, I suggest you find something else. Research says the Thomson has promise. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bert
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | Lightweight | | Weaknesses: | Does not hold its position | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager, other stock posts | | Bike Setup: | Jekyll 600
| | Bottom Line: | Drop this seatpost before you walk out the bike shop. Creeks, squeaks and no matter how tight you think it is, it always shifts. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Otto Hammad
a Cross Country Rider
from North Brunswick, NJ
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything! | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with Bike | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | WEAK! | | Similar Products Used: | On sale $15 seatposts | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Gemini 900 | | Bottom Line: | I agree with everyone else out their - It comes lose easily. The other problem I had is I bent it. Mind you, I have been riding a long time and do ride almost every day and have never before bent a seat post. It's chep junk. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
spinjunkie
a Racer
from your mom's house
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | had a ritchey logo on it | | Similar Products Used: | thomson, use, control tech | | Bottom Line: | Another Ritchey piece of crap. This is a review for the WCS post. Never held the saddle tight from day one. Ritchey's answer was than I had an early production model and I needed the updated bolt kit. Put the updated bolt kit on and it still came loose. Ritchey then said to pull everything apart and grease everything. Questioned that logic but did it anyway. The reward? A seat that pointed up in the air and wanted to give me an anal probe for the duration of the Sea Otter XC race. I can think of other things I'd rather do than ride an entire XC course while standing.
I have since removed all the Ritchey parts from my bike and switched to more reliable stuff.
Sorry Tom but your company has digressed into a seller of department-store level parts. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
shadow
a Cross Country Rider
from Silver Spring, MD
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | Saddle slips no matter how tight the clamp bolt is. | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson | | Bottom Line: | Originally bought because it was cheap. Waste of money. Switched to a Thomson. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JAMES STOCKSTILL
a Cross Country Rider
from HOHENFELS, GERMANY
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | To gillmans drop | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Stadlers | | Strengths: | None. | | Weaknesses: | This has to be the single worst cycling product I haveever came into contact with, my seat slipped from the time I put it on, no matter how much I tightend the binder bolt. I can't remember exactly how much I paid for it, but it was to much. Save yourself alot of hassel and get a race face or tompson anything but A Ritchey... | | Similar Products Used: | XTR,RACE FACE,CODA,POST MODERN... | | Bike Setup: | Aluminum hardtail, LX hollowtec, XT/XTR derailers,Z3,mavic 517's with XT hubs,RACE FACE XY,XT vee brakes, race light saddle... | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your money, this thing is junk. I have had better luck with generic post that came off department store bikes!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Less
a Weekend Warrior
from Dearborn, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Island Lake Rec Area | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Seat won't stay put! | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy Uno; Control Tech; SR | | Bike Setup: | K2 Razorback HT | | Bottom Line: | In engineering design terms: This product is a piece of dog excrement. DO NOT WASTE YOUR $ ON THIS! In 16 years of mountain biking (and 20+ years of road riding, damn I'm getting old!) I have never had a seatpost fail to do its simple job properly. In this age of computer aided design, etc. it is beyond belief how Ritchey could design this piece of junk. If this is typical of their design process, its gotta make ya wonder about the rest of their product line. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ken
a Cross Country Rider
from Omaha, NE
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | Didn't break. | | Weaknesses: | Clamp won't hold seat in place. | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson Elite. | | Bike Setup: | 99 FSR Elite. Hayes/XT/XTR and one crappy seatpost. | | Bottom Line: | This came stock on my FSR and I rode with it for a year until I got sick of adjusting the seat after every ride. I think I actually got more of a workout over the year adjusting this seat than riding. I'm 235 and ride aggressively and the post has never bent but I think that's because the movement of the seat absorbs all the good impacts. Finally tossed it and went to a Thomson (holds the seat like a rock).
2 chilis for not bending. Would probably work well for a light XC rider. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
madEG
a Cross Country Rider
from Germantown
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | ssshhhh.... | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$26.00 | | Purchased At: | universalcycles.com | | Strengths: | inexpensive kalloy make, resonably light. It didn't last long enough to find many good things though... | | Weaknesses: | too light? It bent badly right in the middle after less that 200 miles - approx 15 degrees backward, right where the seatpost met the seattube. | | Similar Products Used: | other kalloy, dean alu, avenir (which is really just another kalloy) | | Bike Setup: | '01 xero absolute, with swell stuff on it. | | Bottom Line: | I don't know what the deal is here... my friend has one of these on his santa clause wreckler hex, and it seems fine - but that IS a squishy bike, while I now ride a hardtail, so....
why did it fail so quickly? why would tom ritchey put his name on such a mediocre post? who knows...
at least it was cheap... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Weekend Warrior
from Huntington Beach CA
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | San Juan, | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Absolutely ZERO problems | | Weaknesses: | Weight a little high | | Similar Products Used: | can't remember | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Specialized Enduro frame, Fox Float RC, Shimano XT splined BB and cranks, Shimano 747 pedals, Hayes discs, Mavic 317 rims, original Manitou SX-LT 100 mm fork, XT cassette wi. 11-34, | | Bottom Line: | My bike started life a year ago as a 2000 Enduro Comp, at 900 miles the BB threads failed and Specialized gave me a new frame (yay). All of my original equipment was transferred. The seatpost seat clamp has NEVER loosened. The post has NEVER bent. The graphics are starting to rub off. Big deal. I have 1210 miles of trail riding logged and the Ritchey seatpost has NEVER been a problem. If there is a 30.9 post that is lighter and as strong please e-mail me. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Burr Phillips
a Weekend Warrior
from Bartlett, NH
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Stock part | | Strengths: | It hasn't broken. | | Weaknesses: | Slippage | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpjumper | | Bottom Line: | I'm only about 135 pounds, and I cannot keep the thing from tilting back. Every ride (mountain) it slips no matter how hard I tighten the bolt.
If I'm in the saddle for a long time, such as on long climb, my unit quickly goes numb when the saddle goes out of adjustment.
The problem started only a few months after I bought the bike. I first noticed a creeking noise. Then it started to slip noticeably. I've put up with it too long.
It is probably an o.k. post if you ride nothing but smooth trails. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter Polack
a Cross Country Rider
from Meriden
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Local bike shop | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Will not hold its position. | | Similar Products Used: | SR, Campy, Sakae | | Bottom Line: | Never in my wildest dreams did I expect Ritchey to make a faulty product; that's why I didn't check the reviews here first before purchasing it. Well lo and behold, I was wrong!
This seat post positively will not hold its tilt position-there are no serrations on the seatpost/clamp head interface to provide a good grip. Even cutting grooves myself did not cure the problem.
I bought the post because of my trust in Ritchey products, and their one-piece design. Most manufacturers press fit the clamp head into the shaft, and I've seen too many of these two piece designs fail.
I'd give this product a zero if I could.
I am replacing it with a Salsa Shaft seatpost; another one piece design which I expect will solve the slippage problem. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Weekend Warrior
from Fredricksburg, Va
Date Reviewed: November 9, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Lake Barcroft road loop | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Looks decent, cheap. One of a few posts made in a 30.4 size. Cheap. | | Weaknesses: | 400mm Post bent with six inches in the frame. | | Similar Products Used: | kalloy, Dura Ace, Syncros hardcore+ti, | | Bike Setup: | I used one on my single speed, | | Bottom Line: | I have used ritchey posts in my road, ss, and mtb with decent results. I (180 pounds) never had any problems with bending (occasional slipping,) but I lent my mtb to a friend (215) while I rode my ss, and within three rides the post was badly bent. A seat post should not bend before the rails of a cro-mo saddle, and I am getting nervous about the ritchey posts on my other bikes. Anyone know of a high quality 30.4 post? (Kind of a weird size, at the time all I could find was ritchey) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rob
a Racer
from Knoxville
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | makes an alright paperweight, backscratcher, or semieffective club | | Weaknesses: | totally useless as cycling equipment. does not work. better off riding WITHOUT a seatpost | | Similar Products Used: | Thomson, Syncros | | Bike Setup: | voodoo wazoo cyclocross with XTR/Duraace | | Bottom Line: | I can't believe Ritchey would allow his name to grace a piece of s**t like this! here's the story: Ride 1: seat slipped - attributed to break in period - tightened.
Ride 2: minor bump on trail results in "uuurrrrpp" sound from binder bolt - nose of seat is now positioned for takeoff.retightened. Ride 3: warmup for cross race - remount after barrier results in repeat of previously described sound and saddle position. reposition saddle and crank that sucker down. Race: 35 minutes in - same noise - next remount results in crunching nuts on now seriously misangled and misaligned saddle - in turn resulting in that special, blinding, imgonnapukerightnow feeling and immediately ending the race I'd spent considerable time, effort, and money to attend. DO NOT buy this awful (and potentially dangerous) post. Get a Thomson.
1 chili only because there isn't a "zero" (or negative) rating. PIECE OF S**T. Thanks Tom. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean
a Weekend Warrior
from Minneapolis, MN
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Chequamegon Forest, WI | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Erik's Bikes | | Strengths: | Kinda looks nice. | | Weaknesses: | Inumerable. | | Similar Products Used: | Thudbuster Quadrapivot (on my hardtail), Syncros, Titec | | Bike Setup: | '00 FSR XC, Marzocchi Z1-CR, Float RC, Rhynolites/XT wheels, Syncros Cattlehead Stem, Titec Risers, Avid Arch Supremes, Titec Berzerker Saddle, everything else basically stock including this crappy Ritchey read Kalloy) post. | | Bottom Line: | I'm very that disappointed that Specialized and Ritchey would associate themselves with such a poorly engineered product, especially for OEM applications on high-end bikes. Basically a black Kalloy post with Ritchey's label. Absolute POS. Doing anything more than riding off a curb requires you to realign your seat, otherwise the nose sticks right into your bits and pieces. A real pain in the a&#, no pun intended, when you're a mile into a long ride and you have to hop off to fix your sear. Oh well, time to buy that Thompson... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Graham
a Weekend Warrior
from Auburn, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Hole in The Ground | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Looks cool | | Weaknesses: | angle adjustment slips, bt I found a solution(see below) | | Bike Setup: | Specialized FSR Eduro sport | | Bottom Line: | it was a great post till it started to slip, so I took a file and made some grooves on the contact points. Now it works great. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mud
a Cross Country Rider
from Philadelphia, PA
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Jim Thorpe, PA | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Nice and long for a tall rider. Simple clamping/angle adjustment mechanism (maybe too simple!) | | Weaknesses: | None that I could have thought of, until I removed the seatpost from my frame and found that it wasn't as straight as when I bought it the month before. I specifically purchased the 400mm model to ensure that I had more than enough post in the frame, but the post still bent. | | Similar Products Used: | ControlTech, Titec, Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | Nuke Proof "Stealth" frame with an XT/Frankenstein parts mix. | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that it doesn't matter how much respect your name has in the industry, if you try and cover up a $10 Kalloy post with a big "Ritchey" decal, it's still a crappy $10 post. Come on guys, if you're going to relable someone else's parts, at least choose a quality manufacturer! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
michael da kota
a Cross Country Rider
from haarlem, nh, netherlands
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | spaarnwoude, netherlands | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Weight, nice polished alu, big fat bolt (cant screw those up so easy like those damn 3mm imbus stuff do) and "classic retro-style" design (like, not those raceface-ish square welded silver brick-shaped things...but nice 'n round) | | Weaknesses: | logo seems to scratch quite quickly indeed , altough if it gets to worse you can prolly just polish it off alltogether and leaves you with a shiney seatpost once again;)
p.s. this hun is a little to long for my taste, I use only about 60% of the whole seatpost, rest is deep inside my killerV frame - gonna cut that off! | | Similar Products Used: | Coda 900 seatpost, some no-name alu stuff too... | | Bike Setup: | killer-V800, mostly xt & lx(2k) , mavic crossride wheels | | Bottom Line: | This is actually a Pro Mountain (weighing in at 264g.).
great seatpost, lightweight and looks pretty sweet.
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Submitted by
Bob
a Weekend Warrior
from Bedford, NH USA
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Weaknesses: | Clamping
Single bolt adjustment
Weight | | Similar Products Used: | None. Shopping for a new post now. | | Bike Setup: | Stumpjumper FSR XC | | Bottom Line: | This post can not hold the seat. After 5 minutes on the trail the seat is angled back. This makes for some VERY uncomfortable rides.
There is a single bolt that holds the seat angle and front/back and it just is not able to keep the seat from moving.
Have never been able to keep a level seat on this post since day one. Do yourself a favor a look for another post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross-Country Rider
from Ithaca NY
Date Reviewed: November 8, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Bottom Line: | Tends to angle back during a ride. Very annoying. Also the bolt is made of something very soft so torquing it will just destroy the post... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tobin
a Racer
from Dallas, Texas
Date Reviewed: August 4, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
The one that I am on | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
It could possibly be used as a hammer. | | Weaknesses: |
Does not hold your seat in place for very long. | | Bottom Line: | It doesn't hold your seat in place... note the post below this one where the guy is re-adjusting his seat after every ride. He is lucky, I have to adjust mine every mile. It is a big time waste of money. I can't believe Richey is putting his name on this peice o crap. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross-Country Rider
from Bolingbrook IL
Date Reviewed: May 10, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
knock knolls | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Looks cool, strong (the actual post). | | Weaknesses: |
my seat always needs to be adjusted back after every ride, it is fairly heavy, and it curves back at the top so im even further away from the handlebars. | | Similar Products Used: |
i dunno but im replacing this with a syncros hardcore post | | Bike Setup: |
stumpjumper, xt/xtr/ sx tpc | | Bottom Line: | works good, strong, but i hate how it cant stay adjusted right! cheap. i would give it a 5 if it was lighter, and didnt budge | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Patrick Wullaert
a Cross-Country Rider
from De Klinge, Belgium
Date Reviewed: May 6, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
La Roche, Belgium | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
Strength, adjustibility, looks good too. | | Bike Setup: |
Aeroline | | Bottom Line: | I had a Ritchey Comp seatpost custom-made for me in 31.8mm (at least what I was told by the importer). It's been doing its job ever since it was on my bike. It offers good adjustability, doesn't slip noticably and hasn't ever snapped, so for me it's an excellent post. | | Overall Rating: |
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