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Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Earl's Cycle (closed 2003) | | Strengths: | Second real seatpost I've owned. Two bolt adjustment, different seatpost lengths, larger diameter and stronger. | | Weaknesses: | The $50 cost to purchase the 45cm long version, the stock one when maxed out was 4" (10cm) too short, but upgraded to the Comp. version compared to the stock Bontrager one. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock seatpost (nut & bolt) & Kalloy Uno (single hex bolt)replacement seatpost for 1994 Raleigh Matterhorn. Stock Bontrager (not Comp.) on 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Dsik. | | Bottom Line: | The best dual bolt seatpost I've used sofar. I don't think I should of had to pay for a longer one. Or just the price difference between the shorter & longer and the upgrade to Comp. would of been acceptable. But I feel a lot safer with 6-8" (15-20cm) of seatube in the seatube frame.
Bottom Line: Sofar the best I've owned/used. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Sobie
a Weekend Warrior
from Menasha, Wisconsin, USA
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Greenbush Purple | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Milhaupt Auction (came on bike) | | Strengths: | well built and strong | | Weaknesses: | slips down every ride(because quick release not tightened) and seat wobbles(also because not tightened) really the only thing wrong is that it is quite heavy. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Garry Fisher-Shimano Deore LX/Deore Components, Bontrager wheels, seatpost, stem, and others. Packs, tools, waterbottle, and other stuff. | | Bottom Line: | I ride around 30 miles every week. The seatpost does not bother me really. It is good until it breaks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Cross Country Rider
from Green bay, WI
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Holds my saddle (sortof), good geometry for the first 10 minutes. Then it slips | | Weaknesses: | Creaks like 98 year-old-grandma, slides like it's greased | | Similar Products Used: | Titec(awesomeness so far!!!), Easton (overpriced garbage) | | Bottom Line: | I got this free from a friend. He told me it was crap, but my Easton was broke so i took it. He was right. I got a Titec Knock from Jenson. I know it's a FR post, but I'm heavy, and don't care about weight. Come to think about it, maybe that's why the Bontrager sucked. My friend and I are both 215 or so. So the bottom line? If you're heavy, stay away from this seatpost. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Hoosier Pride
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Wherever, whenever | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Holds my seat in place. | | Weaknesses: | Realize now its kinda heavy | | Similar Products Used: | Seatposts that came on my Huffy BMX, and later my GT Interceptor (circa 1985 - made me love the movie RAD!), and other various tubes of metal designed to hold a seat. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000, slowly but surely replacing stock gear with higher spec stuff. | | Bottom Line: | This seatpost has served me well. . .a few times in races it gave way, either at the clamp or by allowing the seat to move. The solution? Tighten it up again and be a bit more careful through rough sections or downhill rides.
I've since pulled it out and am awaiting the delivery of my new post (Thomson Elite) and found that it had begun to "buckle" where the clamp squeezes it in place. Can't say I'm surprised as I had to tighten it more and more over time to make it hold properly - and I've ridden it for a touch over two years.
Not bad - never broke or bent - but would like to find something that I don't have to think about when I'm hitting some ruts or bumps. Value is great b/c these things are CHEAP to replace. Overall, only average. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe Ianniello
a Cross Country Rider
from San Dog,CA
Date Reviewed: June 9, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | trek | | Strengths: | looks hot | | Weaknesses: | Seat post bent under my 220lb body! | | Similar Products Used: | most | | Bike Setup: | gary fisher/ khs dual suspension MTB | | Bottom Line: | Hopefully Trek will warranty this poor product | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Weekend Warrior
from Singapore
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | RRB | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Slips constantly | | Similar Products Used: | thomson elite | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 | | Bottom Line: | This seatpost came on my trek 8000 when i bought it. At first the seatpost worked absolutely fine. After a few months when I would be riding and i hit a rock, the seatpost would slip. The clamp is badly designed and afer it kept happening constantly, i decided to go buy a thomson seatpost which is absolutely amazing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Weekend Warrior
from Blacksburg, VA
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Pandapas Pond | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Stock on Bike | | Strengths: | Lightweight, quiet, post never slipped | | Weaknesses: | WEAK CLAMP, seat moves with the slightest hit!! | | Similar Products Used: | Icon post.. | | Bike Setup: | GF Sugar frame, Black 80/100 (Firm), all XT drivetrain, Mavic 317/F219 rims, Avid Mech Disc brakes, King headset | | Bottom Line: | This post came stock and is the only part left on my bike that is stock. It served well for the first 9 months, then the clamp started to give way. I disassembled it, cleaned the dirt and grime and replaced. Then about a month later it broke free of the clamp again on a jump. I took it apart again and the ribbed surface of the clamp is nearly stripped clean.
Overall this isn't a half bad seatpost, and for being stock, I wasn't upset. If you do have one, treat it with care, and tighten the clamp hard!
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Submitted by
Rich
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: March 15, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Race Track | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Mission Cyclery (OEM) | | Strengths: | Set it and forget it. In the 2 years I've owned it, I've laid hands on it maybe a handful of times--but only to clean and lube everything. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Just a bunch of other posts--none I could trash talk. | | Bike Setup: | '01 Fisher Sugar 3. LX/XT. GS Rocket 9spd. WTB saddle. Avid brakes. Marzocchi Flylight air fork. Everything else, stock. | | Bottom Line: | Not a bad looking post, and it's worked faithfully for the past couple of years, too! If I had to buy a new post, I'd go with a Thompson, but as a stock post, the Bontrager is fine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a Cross Country Rider
from the suburbs of Chicago
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came on my Klein | | Strengths: | I am still looking | | Weaknesses: | The top of the post where the seat attaches is almost stripped. If I am sitting and go over any bump bigger than an inch it snaps vertically hitting me in the johnson (ouch, 3x now). I have taken the post off, cleaned the gooves thoroughly to try to save this post and me some money but 3 cracks on the nuts while riding is 3 too many. I will be at my LBS next weekend trying to get a replacement. | | Similar Products Used: | Some friends have Thompson's - I am going to give it a try. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Klein Attitude Comp - riser bar, front disc, hopefully a new post. | | Bottom Line: | It is weak. It can't handle a bump to save it's life. I don't need a post to strip out and crack my nuts 3 times, and I don't think anyone does. I am not going to knock Bontrager because SOME (not all) of their prodicts are trustworthy. But read the weakness section above and I encourage anyone with this post to switch before you go home with pain in the place it shuldn't be. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
phil
a Cross Country Rider
from golden, co, USA
Date Reviewed: September 17, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Colorado Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with Klein bike | | Strengths: | nice seat clamp | | Weaknesses: | after 3 months, the pressed in/bonded top started rotating withing the post, and it got looser with each ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face, Kalloy (now on bike thru warranty), Salsa | | Bike Setup: | Klein Adept Comp | | Bottom Line: | 3 months is too short a life span. It was replaced by LBS under warranty--I had choice of used Bontrager, Kalloy or Ritchey. I chose Kalloy due to length/color/new.
WOuld not recommend | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad
a Cross Country Rider
from OH
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Ah.....Nice looking? | | Weaknesses: | Well, just about the problem of not lasting more than a couple months before it suddenly snaps, and you are stuck in the middle of a ride. | | Similar Products Used: | Race Face, Syncros | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC Marzocchi and XTR everthing | | Bottom Line: | Do not buy any type of product that carries the BONTRAGER name. IT WILL NOT LAST......I PROMISE!!! It is what I like to call "pure junk," an unreliable piece of sh*# | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a Cross Country Rider
from Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fire Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | -Light enough
-Strong
-Cheap
-Easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | -Fitting a new seat can be a pain | | Similar Products Used: | Radical | | Bike Setup: | '99 Klein Mantra Comp | | Bottom Line: | Okay, I bent my seatpost a few months ago and was in the hunt for a new one, the Bontrager was the only one that my LBS had in stock for a 31.6mm diameter. So I bought it as a last ditch effort to keep me riding while my Thompson was on order. After riding it for a while I started to like it, I thought it would be as good as house brand junk but I was proven wrong, now I love it and my LBS is gonna have a Thompson seatpost in stock for a while (hehehehe). Its light, strong and cheap, I like it. No flex, clamp stays tight, good post. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Cross Country Rider
from Bay Area, CA
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | www.wrenchscience.com | | Strengths: | fairly light, really cheap, strong | | Weaknesses: | huh? I guess changing saddles is a little tricky... | | Similar Products Used: | Sncros ti, Icon, Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | Titus Racer-X, Bontrager C-20 saddle | | Bottom Line: | This is a great component. Doesn't slip, doesn't creak, holds the saddle in place. It's plenty long and, at 31.6mm, should be plenty strong for, well, ever, I guess. I'm a big fan of Bontrager stuff, for the most part, and this is no exception. It is pretty hard to move up and down in the frame, but I think that's more a factor of the tight tolerances of the Titus frame than the post. I love the no-offset design and the total adjustability of the rocker bolt. I use automotive anti-seize on all metal-to-metal contacts (especially between the post and the seat tube) to keep things happy and creak-free. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew Weston
a Cross Country Rider
from Vejle
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | BMV | | Strengths: | Looks | | Weaknesses: | Strength, Weight, life | | Bike Setup: | Trek PRO 9.9 | | Bottom Line: | Nice looks but thats all!
They are to my mind stupidly designed. The Seat clamp is pressed into to the atual post. Obviosly causing outwoods pressure to the post. I've had two now and both split at the top, same place. Luckily the gaurantee covers, but a newsense when it happens during a race. Cause all of a sudden the seat just starts spinning around!!!
Good value though, cause you can bang on getting a brand new one free every 6 months.
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Submitted by
VIC
a Cross Country Rider
from FISHERS,IN
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | all of them | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | clamp screw sheared in half on flat terrain;almost became an unwelcome body part...as it turned out I threw my lower back out of whack making the quick adjustment from not having a saddle... | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | fisher,avid,thomson,etc... | | Bottom Line: | This review is for the sport model which is now discontinued according to my LBS...came stock...lasted barely two months and done...what's up with the manufacturer putting a post like this on 2001 bikes if it's going to be discontinued...cutbacks to keep the price down and endanger the riders...good thing I wasn't in a technical situation when it happened...do the research and buy a thomson...'nuff said! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
max
a Cross Country Rider
from md
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa,com | | Strengths: | two bolt clamp, strong, it does its job | | Weaknesses: | limited sizes, i had to buy a spacer | | Similar Products Used: | single bolt clamp that came w/ my bike | | Bike Setup: | steel frame, manitou sxr, avid brakes, sram rocket shifters, xt/lx | | Bottom Line: | i got this seat post after getting tired of my old single bolt clamp seat post not being able to hold the seat. after going off a jump, the back of the seat post would go down and the front way up (obviously making for an uncomfortable ride). this new post works great and solved my problem | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick Fenton
a Downhiller
from Clinton Connecticut
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any one with rocks | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Madison Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Light, stiff, strong. Only post that holds my seat tight in the position i like | | Weaknesses: | lgo thingy came off when i put the post down | | Similar Products Used: | thompson, specialized, K2, kore | | Bike Setup: | specialized P3 | | Bottom Line: | nice post thats cheap and works | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fruitysnacks
a Weekend Warrior
from Atlanta
Date Reviewed: May 8, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Sturdy, adjustability, fairly light. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | GT Zaskar LE w/ goodies | | Bottom Line: | Very nice seatpost. The dual bolts design allows for a very strong post. It's a little tricky, but well worth the effort. I have always liked Bontrager products, this is no exception. Great value compare to the others. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gaoo
a
from Quebec
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bromont | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | 2 clamps bolts makes an easy adjustment, will not strip and it's light | | Weaknesses: | the black finish isn't as tought, but not important | | Similar Products Used: | Icon Onyx | | Bike Setup: | '99 Trek 6500 ZX, Psylo SL, XT rear, LX, STX-rc..... Bontrager (crow-bar, stem, seatpost, seat,rims,hubs...), Panaracer XC fire tire 2.1 | | Bottom Line: | Bontrager Quality into a seatpost, simply. No problems, work as it supposed to do and, it's light. So what do you need more? They come black or silver | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
C-BALL
a Racer
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | infinite adjustment. won't break, bend, or let go of the rails, finish holds up to wear. | | Weaknesses: | - | | Similar Products Used: | several | | Bike Setup: | azonic ds-1, white bros, azonic and sram components, grimeca sys8 brakes. | | Bottom Line: | cheap. stinkin strong. the 2-bolt clamp mechanism will not rotate no matter how far back you mount the seat and how hard you land on it. i had the seat all they way back, missed the pedals off an 8' loading dock, and bruised my leg where the back of the seat saved my butt from meeting my tire... the rails of the seat were bent, and the post didn't even notice. bontrager has a quality thing going here. this is for everybody. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
2Elk
a
from IL
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porc Rim | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | jensonusa.com | | Strengths: | 1)understated
2)cheap
3)strong
4)light
5)easy adjustment
6)tough finish
7)does what it's supposd to
8)typical Bonty | | Weaknesses: | 1)understated
2)not much else | | Similar Products Used: | -Kalloy
-Control Tech
-Bontrager Race Lite
-Thomson Elite
| | Bike Setup: | -Ellsworth Truth
-XT/XTR/ESP 9.0
-Z3 BAM | | Bottom Line: | Not much to say about this post, but that it works. Saddle adjustment is easy and infinite. The black finish is tough, if a little boring; but you don't buy Bonty for flash. For $25, there's nothing that can even come close to its weight, strength, and ease of adjustment. No need for a Thomson unless you're looking to shave a couple grams.
For value...5 turds
Aesthetics...3
Weight...4
Performance...5
Overall...4 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
R H Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from San Mateo
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Too many bikes on it already! | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Set it up and leave it.
Tough and reliable | | Weaknesses: | None... so far. | | Similar Products Used: | IRD
Synros
GT Factory thing | | Bike Setup: | Bontrager OR Race
XT
SID Race | | Bottom Line: | This post has a lot of milage on it. Most of them are long rough UT trail miles (not this Bay Area stuff). The post is typical Bonte. Not a lot of splash but it will work well for a long time. Set it up right and you are done for the season. Like anything it needs an occasional tweek. The clamp setup isn't as hard as people say, and it won't strip out like most single bolt designs. It will be replaced with a bonte race lite when it goes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john
a Cross Country Rider
from Orange County, Calif.
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | lifes to short...to have A favorite | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | Nice price, exceptional weight, nice finish
| | Weaknesses: | Complete product failure while riding (not crashing), micro adjustment tepramental. | | Similar Products Used: | OEm stuff | | Bike Setup: | Tracer with 4"s of travel on either end. | | Bottom Line: |
Got the post with the frame. I liked the micro adjustment at first. Then, when the microadjustments where right on, the clamp wouldnt hold the seat in place so it slide for and aft. i overcam ehtis by tightening the seat before every ride. Then the clamp/adjustment bolt sheared off. Im giving it 2 chilis....i just dont like things that break... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a
from Minnesota
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Holds my seat on | | Weaknesses: | Broken | | Similar Products Used: | no name | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Aquila | | Bottom Line: | My seat and setpost were stolen, so to save the insurance company money, i chose this post. It works fine, but after about a month of use, it cracked where the clamp slides into the post. I don't ride rough, mainly around town, and i only weigh 140lbs. I got upset, but just decided to put an old bmx seatpost clamp around the broken section to hold the clamp on. Otherwise it works fine. The double bolt clamp is a pain, but it doesn't need to be adjusted often, so no big woop. After about a year im finally going to replace it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Davy Joe Swinyar
a Cross-Country Rider
from Apopka, FL
Date Reviewed: December 18, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Environmental Trail | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
INEXPENSIVE, LIGHT AND DURABLE. | | Weaknesses: |
DOUBLE CLAMPS ARE A PAIN TO ADJUST. | | Similar Products Used: |
THIS IS IT! | | Bike Setup: |
BONTRAGER PRIVATEER COMP. | | Bottom Line: | In an effort to save some weight--and when you have a steel fromed bike, every ounce counts--I looked into buying a lighter seat post. I found that the Bontrager Comp post is just a great deal at $25. There are lighter posts out there--Titanium, carbon fibre--but the cost is mutch more than the ounces saved. The Comp is not a perfect seat post though--the double clamps a tough to adjust and time consuming. Overall though, it is a great seat post.
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Submitted by
Ed Karjala
a Cross-Country Rider
from Derry, NH
Date Reviewed: September 3, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Lake Massabesic trail system | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Light weight, ease of adjustability, solid grip | | Weaknesses: |
none so far | | Similar Products Used: |
Control Tech, Kalloy, various no name | | Bike Setup: |
96 Schwinn Factory Homegrown FS | | Bottom Line: | Excellent adjustability. Rock solid once it's dialed in. I am a big fan in general of the clamp style on this seatpost vs. the more conventional splined adjuster. Just bias the front and rear bolts against each other to find the ideal angle. | | Overall Rating: |
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