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Bontrager
Race Lite Seat post
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Submitted by
Ian
a Cross Country Rider
from Huntington Beach, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: September 24, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Whiting to The Luge | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Bike 101 - Solana Beach | | Strengths: | Does the job. Keeps me up, doesn't creak, good adjusment capabilities. Very lite, looks good. | | Weaknesses: | Cracked after 1,800 miles and 11 months. | | Similar Products Used: | Thompson | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Trek Fuel 100 - Stock | | Bottom Line: | Noticed a hair-line crack about two inches long spanning from the top of the post down towards the 'B' logo. Retuned it to my LBS (Jax on Main Street) and got a brand new replacement post in two days. No worries, I'm happy! Lets hope this new one holds up a little better than the last. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Hughes
a Cross Country Rider
from Marietta, GA
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | porcupine rim in moab | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | stock on bike, Lakewood cycles, CO | | Strengths: | Easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | constant rubbing of any kind wears off the black anodization. | | Bike Setup: | Klein Adroit Race, XT/XTR, mars fork, monkeylite carbon riser bar, time pedals, racelite wheels | | Bottom Line: | This product seemed to work fine for me. The black anodization wore off very quickly from my seat bag. Now there are big chrome sections. Remedy: took the seat bag off. I have the 31.6 mm version, so it's a little heavy at 305g. Not that I care that much about weight, but there seem to be a lot of lighter posts on the market now. Very stiff, no creaking, easy to adjust. I just ordered a thudbuster, since I got tired of bouncing off the seat at the slighted bump in the ground. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason H
a Racer
from Philadelphia
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Middle Run | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | looks, good saddle clamp design | | Weaknesses: | seatpost is narrower in certain sections than others...seriously. | | Similar Products Used: | Alien XC suspension seatpost (excellent) | | Bike Setup: | trek fuel 98, all stock parts except for a thompson stem, XTR crank, and soon to be new seatpost | | Bottom Line: | This is for the Bontrager Race Seatpost.
I will admit I screw the bolt on pretty tight on the seat clamp. I do this mostly to stop the seatpost from slipping, a big problem I seem to have. I've finally figured out why my damn seatpost slips, bc its narrower in the section that I have it clamped at. I know this bc I unscrewed the seat clamp just enough to ease the seatpost out. My discovery: It took slighly more tension to pull the seatpost out after I passed a certain part (the narrower part). When re-inserting the seatpost it would hold until I got to the narrower section, slip past that, then hold again. This causes the seatpost to slip like mad when I have it at the narrower section (which I do). What gives, did I get a lemon? Anyways I'm going with a Thomson | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg Austin
a Cross Country Rider
from Barbados
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light | | Weaknesses: | Cracked after 7 months of use | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Gary Fisher Sugar 1 | | Bottom Line: | Wouldn't have been my first choice but it came with the bike. I'm about 185lbs and ride mostly cross country (no big jumps or anything like that) so I'm a bit surprised that it cracked. I will probably see if I can weld it until I get a new one. Thompson or Easton??? | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christian M
a Cross Country Rider
from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tyrolean MTB trails | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Radstudio Thomas & Peter | | Strengths: | light, strong, durable | | Weaknesses: | none at all | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F1000 | | Bottom Line: | Very light seatpost, holds the saddle perfectly in position (in contrast to my former Kalloy, where the saddle was constantly slipping back). Seems to be strong and durable too and withstands a hard riding style. Screws and female connectors are made of stainless steel (I think Synchros uses aluminum - therefore it's not really for hardcore riding). Cheaper than Synchros and RaceFace. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Zeus
a Weekend Warrior
from Berrien Springs, MI
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | The Rubicon | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$28.00 | | Purchased At: | Universal cycles | | Strengths: | light, stiff, easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | if you call it that - logo on the side scrapes off easily | | Similar Products Used: | Kalloy, Thomson, System Comp. | | Bike Setup: | Access Ti/Manitou Mars1, King/517s, Bontrager ST2s, stem, bar, ends and post, XT Brakes and drivetrain, SRAM Attacks, Time ATACs, Flite | | Bottom Line: | As stated below, it does what it needs to do. It's light, strong, stiff, easy to adjust, and has the Bontrager name on it; well, until it scratches off, but it's still a Bontrager! Get one if you don't get a Thomson; you won't regret it and you'll never even know it's there, which is as it should be. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd
a Cross Country Rider
from Centreville, Virginia
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Elizabeth Furnace | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | strong, simple, Bontrager-quality | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Comp, Control Tech | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Mt. Tam | | Bottom Line: | It's a seatpost. It holds the seat. What else is a seatpost supposed to do? I'm confused about all of the comments on this site about static parts. Spend your money on the parts that matter - frames, wheels, and forks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gene Choo
a Cross Country Rider
from New York, NY USA
Date Reviewed: June 19, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ringwood, NJ | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light, durable and easy to adjust | | Weaknesses: | Graphics rub away too easily | | Bike Setup: | Bontrager Race-Lite
Full XT w/ Marzocchi Atom Bomb
King headset, Mavic 517 w/King hubs
Michelin Wildgripper Comp S
WTB SST 98 saddle | | Bottom Line: | Nothing fancy...just high quality component that works well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pak
a cross-country rider
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: April 15, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This seat post is well crafted from butted Easton EA70 AL. The clamping mechanisum is nicely designed, making saddle adjustments a breeze - simply tweak a pair of bolts to set the required saddle angle. My 26.8 x 390 model weighs in at a respectable 264g & sports a decent looking black anodized finish. Seat posts aren't exactly the most exciting components you can buy, but this one's a solid & reliable performer - what more could you want? | | Overall Rating: |
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