Submitted by
Hollis
a Cross Country Rider
from Nashville Date Reviewed: April 5, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Hamilton Creek
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
eBay
Strengths:
looks nice
Weaknesses:
weak clamp design
Similar Products Used:
Ritchy, Kore, RaceFace
Bike Setup:
Giant Reign
Bottom Line:
Its too weak for a mtn bike, might be ok for a road bike.
I'm only 165lbs & this post squeaked & squeaked & squeaked.
I practically dipped it in lube & it still squeaked.
The clamp does not have enough surface area to be effective.
Its also a bit fidgety to adjust the seat angle as well.
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Submitted by
Tom
a Cross Country Rider
from Waterloo, IA, USA Date Reviewed: November 14, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Ulrich & Sugarbottom
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
Came on bike
Strengths:
Ease of adjustment. Beauty of post.
Weaknesses:
Adjusting piece (for lack of technical terminology) should have been CNC, instead of die cast.
Similar Products Used:
Ritchey, Kalloy (one of the strongest actually), Titec
Bike Setup:
Bontrager Race, Caramba cranks, Mavic/Hugi wheels, Six Deluxe/Skareb fork, 1X8 gearing, Paul brakes, this seatpost.
Bottom Line:
This is the best seatpost I have used. Albeit, it was purple when I got it...30 minutes with Easy-Off and it is now the natural color. Maybe the other reviewers got some poorly made new style or something, but this 7 year old post has been as flawless as the Bontrager itself. This being noted with the fact that the previous owner was 250# +, and I am right at 200#. My brother at 240# bent a Control Tech (with the in-line I-beam) seatpost on two rides. I believe that the rider's behavior on the bike is totally relavent to the integrity of a seat post, and thus far, I have had NO problems at all with this post. Plus, it is simple as pie to adjust.
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Submitted by
Mikko Järvinen
a Cross Country Rider
from Finland Date Reviewed: October 3, 2001
Favorite Trail:
-
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At:
Not relevant
Strengths:
Cheap.
Weaknesses:
Does not work. The small screw with 3mm hex does not stay solid at all. I tried with Locktite also.
Similar Products Used:
Ritchey, etc. other rather low cost posts.
Bike Setup:
-
Bottom Line:
The worse MTB product I have bought during recent years. Anyway my mistake. I should have learned years ago that nothing cost efficient or cheap is proper. You always need to buy the most expensive product you can find, especially if you are poor like me :) I'll go for Roox or Easton as soon as I get some money together again. I had been planning on AC hubs also because they are light weight but you bet I will not do that after this experience!
Dont by this product to save your nerves!
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Submitted by
Erik
a Racer
from , CORRECTING THE BELOW Date Reviewed: July 27, 2001
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Bottom Line:
CORRECTTION TO BELOW: THE PRODUCT RATING SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONE FLAMING CHILI, AS IN THE VERY WORST.
The seatpost clamp is lousy, the shafts are soft and gouge, the shaft will bend easily and it's far below the quality of other American Classic products.
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Submitted by
Erik
a Racer
from San Diego Date Reviewed: July 24, 2001
This review is of the clearcoat/uncolored American Classic seatpost, and it could not be more negative. The post is soft and quickly gouged, the seat clamp mechanism uses a "screwjack" for adjustment and tension --a real PITA-- and the post bent after moderate use by a 115lb rider (this is my wife's bike, I'm just the hapless wrench that had to deal with this piece of junk).
We'd had good luck and satisfaction with other American Classic products, but this one is a dead bang loser. Find a different seatpost.
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