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Submitted by
RatchAttack
a Cross Country Rider
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 14, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | -Strong, light, sexy | | Weaknesses: | -Adjustment bolts are easy to strip | | Similar Products Used: | various Titec, Bontrager, Race Face products | | Bike Setup: | '08 Avalanche with a ton of goodies | | Bottom Line: | Best post ever! No flex, no bending, no BS. Install it and forget it. Only downfall is the tiny adjsutment bolts are easy to strip. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mcduff
a Weekend Warrior
from cleveland ohio
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | rays mtb park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | martys cycle center | | Strengths: | light, easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | I've had 2 and they have both bent after a season of use (I am 235ibs. 6'2")and have had this problem with virtually every seatpost out there-except the laid back version on my dirt jumper has been trouble and in constant use for four years. | | Similar Products Used: | kalloy, cane creek, salsa, dk. | | Bike Setup: | surly instigator/spec. p3/ jamis kamodo | | Bottom Line: | I like this post and it did last slightly longer than other posts I've tried, but I push the post past its torque spec at the height I have it post likely- on xc bikes where the post is high I bend it, on dirt jumpers where it is always much lower it has never had an issue | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
CMu_dogtag
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver Colorado
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Buffalo Creek area | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Various | | Strengths: | I think everyone has said it before me, but here's my 2 cents.
Strong, lightweight, quality and beautiful. Most importantly, set up is a breeze. Simple micro adjustments to accomodate the best fore/aft seat level. | | Weaknesses: | No real color choice and a little pricey. Neither flaw will stop me from using in the future. | | Similar Products Used: | Mostly Ritchey or Easton and a straggler Race Face as well. I have experienced slippage with every other seatpost at one time or another. I've not had any slippage with any of the 3 Thomsons I own now. | | Bike Setup: | Always XT, King hubs and headsets, Thomson stems and posts. | | Bottom Line: | It's good, buy it!
Thomson is strong and light enough for most all rides. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
epxhammerhead
a Cross Country Rider
from athens, ga, usa
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | ft yargo, winder, ga | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | 31.6 410 lngth.
the best. no weaknesses at all | | Bottom Line: | the best that you can get! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doc D
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Palos | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | used on ebay | | Strengths: | set it and forget it, never slips out of adjustment. Feels strong and secure. Looks great! | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Had a few seatposts before this Thomson, don't really see myself ever having to buy another one. All the others had slip and set-up issues that I was tired of dealing with during rides. | | Bike Setup: | C'dale Prophet and a F600 | | Bottom Line: | I haven't tried all the seatposts out there, but this is by far the best of the ones I have tried. I'm sure there are some that are lighter or stronger but this is a perfect compromise between the two. It's also very nice to look at, even though it's under my ass most of the time. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Cross Country Rider
from Bend, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: February 29, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Many | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa | | Strengths: | Elite setback in black(410mm x 27.2) fabulous finish, exceptional strength, super quality and no flaws!! | | Weaknesses: | Only black and silver? | | Similar Products Used: | Syncros straight(crap-broke it), GT standard seatpost(more crap-broke that too), Rock Shox suspension seatpost (broke this too on a fire road xc riding). | | Bike Setup: | Current bike that is used everyday (Mtc Rumble 04) | | Bottom Line: | Great product that keeps up the quality industry and holds others to those standards. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe van der Heiden
a Cross Country Rider
from Landgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | single trails | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Strengths: | Durability, strength | | Weaknesses: | It's not very light weight for a 400mm seatpost: +/- 297 grams.
It's not that good looking?
Not for weight weenies. | | Similar Products Used: | Ritchey WCS | | Bike Setup: | Custom Scandium XTR Reba Team | | Bottom Line: | It's a very good seatpost. It takes my 200 pounds with ease. The only downside is the weight of the seatpost itself. There are many seatposts that are almost 50% lighter at a 30% increase in price.
The clamping mechanism is also good, but I prefered the one on the Ritchey WCS which allows you to adjust the tilt of the seat without loosening the bolts that hold the seat rails. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daemon
a
from South Africa
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Sexy, easy to use, super strong, never ever slips down, light | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Easton EA70 post | | Bike Setup: | Giant Trance 1 | | Bottom Line: | I will never ride anything else than a Thomson again, it's that good...go and buy one NOW! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Weekend Warrior
from Tampa, FL
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Masherz | | Strengths: | - Extreme Quality
- Attentiont to detail
- Ribbed to keep it from falling
- Lightweight
- Looks awesome | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Trek Remedy 5 | | Bottom Line: | QUALITY and attention to detail.
Don't settle for less, this seatpost is incredible. Will never ride any other brand after trying this one out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter
a Weekend Warrior
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 10, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | where ever | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Light, strong, QUIET, gorgeous easy to install and adjust | | Weaknesses: | NONE! | | Similar Products Used: | lots | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale prophet set up juuuust right | | Bottom Line: | The setback version is what I have. It worked exactly the way I wanted. The seat is now clamped in the middle of the rails, instead of with the standard post which was barely clinging on to it. It doesn't creak at all and is a snap to adjust and mount. The finish looks great and durable and is basically just bling for your bike! If you are after quality this is it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jose Pereira
a Cross Country Rider
from Portugal
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Strengths: | Strength, weight, looks, overall quality. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Easton Ea50; Ritchey WCS; Easton Ea70 | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar singlespeed, Mavic x517, Gusset Jury fork, Selle Italia SLR XC | | Bottom Line: | This is simple THE BEST SEATPOST. If you whant a new seatpost, dont think twice, buy this. Is a product for life. Some can say that its expensive, but I say that you pay the quality, and is not that expensive for the weight and strength. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Federal Way, WA USA
Date Reviewed: December 25, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Phil's South Side Cyclery | | Strengths: | Excellent design with front and rear bolts. It stays where it is supposed to even with 240 lb rider. | | Weaknesses: | None, based upon input from others, LBS Owner and my personal experience this is the best seat post in the world. Wow, Made in USA quality. | | Similar Products Used: | Truvativ EA30 Seatpost (OEM installation .. broke) | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar XCR Pro (Frame)
- Thompson Seatpost
- Fox RP23 shock
- Manitou R7 Fork
- Truvativ FireX Crankset w/ FSA Bash Guard
(large northwest logs are prevalent on local trail
so bashguard is adds durability)
- Thompson Monkey Bar Lite Riser EA70 (nice)
- Thompson EA30 Stem (so, so)
- Mavic XM117 Rims
DT spokes on Rear (great!)
WTB spokes on Front (so so)
Deore Hubs (not lightest, but very durable)
- Juicy 5 hydraulic dis brakes, 6" rotors
- WTB Veliciraptors 2.1" (F & R specific)
| | Bottom Line: | The worlds best seatpost ... both strong and light. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jared
a Cross Country Rider
from Salt Lake City
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | Go-Ride | | Strengths: | Solid, stiff, light, and great looking. No slipping. | | Weaknesses: | Uh...why doesn't Thomson make handlebars? | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager stock crap | | Bike Setup: | '07 Fisher Cobia. Upgrades: Crank Brothers Candy Pedals, Thomson Seatpost, WTB Rocket V Team seat, and Hayes HFX Nine Brakes. | | Bottom Line: | With Thomson, you get what you pay for. Other readers may have had problems, but those are certainly the exception. Thomson stuff is top-notch and this post is no exception. Very light for a 330mm x 27.2mm post. Easily adjustable and solid as can be, period. End of story.
Can't wait to get my Thomson stem. The price is worth Thomson quality. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aaron
a Cross Country Rider
from Columbia, MO USA
Date Reviewed: October 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$74.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Very light (mine was 228g for the 367mm 31.6)
Strong
Not carbon
Degree scale is an awesome idea
Easy set-up (BTW, read the instructions) | | Weaknesses: | Expensive, but not unreasonable
Umm..... | | Similar Products Used: | LP Composites carbon | | Bottom Line: | This post is very light and extremely stiff and strong. It's reputation speaks for itself. Be sure to read the instructions; I think others who have crimped their posts did so due to over tightening or by using a cheap seat tube clamp that came in contact with the post.
My old LP Composites carbon post lasted 7 1/2 years, so I'm hoping to get even more out of this one! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Julius
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Noble Canyon, Descanso, CA | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$99.00 | | Purchased At: | Cal Coast Bicycles | | Strengths: | Incredibly light, durable, cool looking design. | | Weaknesses: | Bolts for saddle rails look and feel cheap. | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face Evolve XC, Titec X-Wing | | Bike Setup: | 2007 BMC Fourstroke 03 | | Bottom Line: | Perhaps or it is THE best seatpost in the market under $100. I don't feel comfortable using carbon fiber so I went this direction and I'm not regretting it! Given it's durability and quality it's a good value. Buy this seatpost! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Clay
a Cross Country Rider
from Atlanta, GA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal Cycles | | Strengths: | seems tough enough. like the degree scale on the side. | | Weaknesses: | super cheap-o "K-mart bicycle grade" undercarriage bolts - really shocked to see such cheap / soft bolts on such an expensive seatpost. Glad Thomson doesn't take the same approach with their stems. | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey, easton | | Bike Setup: | Ventana | | Bottom Line: | There's not a whole lot to critique with the post. I am surprised to see how cheap the bolts are that Thomson used with this - somewhat unfitting of their usual quality. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
William
a Weekend Warrior
from Bozeman, Mt
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | up, then down | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Solid clamping, very adjustable, lightweight, set and forget product. | | Weaknesses: | Price. | | Similar Products Used: | Generic alloy post. | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler, SRAM, Avid, E13, Fox, Marzocchi. | | Bottom Line: | Probably the best seatpost on the market. I wouldn't have bought it, but it came with my frame when I purchased it used, and it's definitely the nicest seatpost I've ever seen or used. Pure quality. If you're looking for an upgrade and you've got some money to spare, I'd look at Thompson. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Corey
a Cross Country Rider
from Kansas City, MO
Date Reviewed: July 29, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Blue Sky Cycling | | Strengths: | Strong clamping design. | | Weaknesses: | Pricey, but I shouldn't need a new one. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock Bontrager | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Gary Fisher Tassajara with BB7 disc brakes, mostly aggressive XC riding. | | Bottom Line: | I've been happy with this seatpost for the money spent. I needed a longer seatpost and picked this one because I wanted it to hold up. My old one broke at the single mounting bolt when I landed on the seat hard after a jump.
The Thomson has a strong dual-bolt design and has held up great. It also has a scale to easily read seat angle. Another feature I like is the slight grooves or texture on the seatpost. I don't have a problem with the seatpost sliding down anymore.
If I found it for $20 cheaper it would have got a 5 for value from me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Charlie Laboy
a Cross Country Rider
from Ponce, PR
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | All of them in the island | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Ciclomundo | | Strengths: | The goodness and assurance of a Chris king headset, or to be more to the point, a Rolex submariner! Strong, light, looks great, worth every penny! It will be here to the end of time. | | Weaknesses: | What? | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy uno, easton, bontrager. None is worthy of praise. | | Bike Setup: | 97 Manitou Hardtail full XTR 950,crossmax I ,Kore stem, Thomson post-20.6 lbs!!!
99 Trek Y superlite Full XTR, Crossmax UST, RS Duke Race,,thomson post. Light(23.5lbs) and plush. | | Bottom Line: | Have been using the Thomson Elite for ten years on the Manitou HT, 31.8 dia. and no creaks or slippage whatsoever. In the Trek, its been there for 5 years(27.2 dia.) and no problems either. I weigh 190 lbs and go hard on these rigs, and I do not baby them. Buy a Thomson post. Nothing even comes close.
P.S.
For the people here with the bad reviews, you have to actually fit a saddle to the seatpost! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Richard
a Weekend Warrior
from Alhambra CA
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | R.B. bikes in S. El Monte | | Bike Setup: | 20.75in Fit bike co. Series 2 frame euro bb fit S2 bars
demolition 180mm crank Mosh justice cassette wheelset
odessey senior kevlar seat 7mm hollow cr-mo rails | | Bottom Line: | its the strongest post ive ever used
ive killed about 4 posts before this one, never slips out of place
but it does cost $70
i got mine for 60 because i know the shop | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gideon
a
from Milton Keynes, UK
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay seller | | Bottom Line: | Just to add to the chorus of praise for this seatpost - this is the best seatpost I've used. My old seatpost would creak and the seat would keep moving back on the rails. I decided to go for the Thomson Elite after reading the reviews here and I was very pleased to find it in a 26.6mm diameter. It is rock solid but very light. I use the bike for commuting and cycling is so much more comfortable now. Highly recommended but expensive. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian Nystrom
a Cross Country Rider
from Nashua, NH
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | BeyondBikes.com | | Strengths: | Solid clamping, light weight, excellent quality, it holds my seat up. What else can you say, it's a seatpost? | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Easton carbon, Synchros, generic aluminum | | Bike Setup: | '06 Jamis Dakar XC Pro | | Bottom Line: | I replaced an Easton EA70 that constantly slipped in the seat tube with a Thompson bent post. Problem solved. I needed the setback anyway. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from Lincolnshire UK
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | |
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$ 79.95
