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Suspension Seatpost
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Submitted by
phil
a Weekend Warrior
from kentfield, ca
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | eldridge grade | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | I think nashbar | | Strengths: | It works - smooths ride of an aluminum frame on the trail. Reasonably light for a suspension seatpost. | | Weaknesses: | The part where the seat rails rest busted in half.I e-mailed the mfg. about getting a replacement part and got zip response. The whole seat clamp configuration is kind of funky and I don't think too reliable. | | Similar Products Used: | NOne | | Bottom Line: | Given the poor (none) customer support and IMHO unreliable seat clamp set-up, I'd pass on this product. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lawrence Winterbottom
a Racer
from London
Date Reviewed: November 27, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | High Peak Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Light, simple to install and use. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | 1937 Claud Butler tandem with wheelsets for touring, racing and offroading. | | Bottom Line: | USE make well engineered,light and value for money seatposts. Their aftersales back up was excellent. I lost a part of the cradle when overhauling the bike. They sent me a free replacement that arrived the next day by first class post.
The seatpost works superbly on a tandem where the stoker has no warning of impending potholes and makes saddlesores and (most) arguments a thing of the past | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
philip Harrison
a Cross Country Rider
from Reading
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | 2 day down hill from Hualla Hualla pass in Peru - 4760 m to 138m brill | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | It work and works and works - in other words it does the job its meant to.
I am not big on maintinance! so if it works, thats great for me. | | Weaknesses: | could be lighter, but I here the new ones are very much lighter. | | Similar Products Used: | just a suspension bike rather than a hard tail with a shock post. Great weight advantage and it almost does the same job but without the bobing. | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 890 with USE shocks on the front (why did they stop makeing these now very rare and very good forks) | | Bottom Line: | I was one of the riders that thought shock posts were just for softies, but after riding over the Andes last year I know that I would have really suffered without one and with 30 mile up hills it certainly did the work on the way up as well as down. I have recommended USE shock posts to several riders and all have come back with positive feedback.
If you want to ride faster over bumpy ground - its for you.
If you just want to be able to sit down after a 500k ride over the Andes - Its for you. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Guffey
a Cross Country Rider
from Watertown, MA, USA
Date Reviewed: January 25, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Bottom Line: | Please see my updated review under USE SX. (They did right by me)... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a cross-country rider
from Framingham, MA
Date Reviewed: December 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Here's what I sent USE (info@use1.com)Hello,Until recently I've been very happy with my USE post.But it broke recently leaving me to finish the last two
hours of a 4 hour mountain bike ride standing up. I've owned it for two years and upgraded the stock
elastometers with springs.Two rides later it broke.The Local Bike Shop where I bought the post went out
of business.What sould I do.Thanks, Matt
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