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Seat Posts Seat posts should be easy to adjust, hard to break, and otherwise forgetable. We have a variety of high quality posts to choose from. Salsa Shaft My favorite was the Salsa Shaft, when it was available in the silver finish pictured here. Now, it's only made in black. One bolt clamps the saddle rails, and allows the saddle to be adjusted fore and aft. It has no effect on the saddle tilt. Two more bolts adjust and lock saddle tilt, without effecting the fore and aft adjustment. The Shaft comes in 27.2mm only. It's available in 250mm and 350mm lengths. The forward edge of the clamp is positioned at the center of the post, the traditional point for clamp setback. Salsa used to make the Shaft in the silver anodized version you see pictured here, and in a black anodized version. In their infinite wisdom, they now only make the post in black, just like virtually every other seat post now being made. This is about the most stupid decision the normally intelligent folks at Salsa have ever made. So now, instead of a nice looking post that works great, we have another ugly black post that works great. Oh well. We have them.
Nitto Crystal Fellow S-65 and NJ-SP72
This is about the nicest single bolt seat post on the market. Extremely well polished with top quality machining for the clamp. This is clearly the best looking seat post available. It's extremely well made, as are all Nitto products. When making adjustments, you can't isolate the fore/aft positioning from the tilt, so it's not as easy to make small adjustments as it is with a two bolt post. But once you do have it adjusted, it won't slip. 210mm, 250mm, 300mm and 420mm lengths available in 27.2mm diameter. Standard setback. The front of the clamp is centered on the post. 210mm: $ 73.80 250mm: $ 76.00 300mm: $ 76.00 420mm: $ 84.00 26.8mm and 27.0mm? You can buy 26.8mm and 27.0mm seatposts. But they are all low quality with only a few fixed tilt angle positions for your saddle. You very often can't get exactly the right tilt for your saddle and your rear end. For that you need a true micro-adjust seatpost, with no click-stops limiting the angle of your saddle. There are plenty of seatposts with a true micro-adjusting clamp, but they aren't being sold in 26.8 and 27.0 sizes, except by Nitto. But Nitto will only make these posts if a customer orders a minimum of fifty posts, in each size. You can't order 25 in one size and 25 in another to make a fifty post minimum order, you must order fifty of any given size. For this reason, not a single distributor in the United States has been willing to order these sizes from Nitto, even though there are plenty of good quality frames out there that require these sizes. So, I bit the bullet, and ordered them myself. I now have the Nitto Crystal Fellow, the S-65 post, in the 250mm length, 44mm or 1-¾" clamp width (the industry standard for saddle rail spacing) in both 26.8mm and 27.0mm sizes. The length is measured from the saddle rails to the bottom of the post. The minimum insertion in your frame is 65mm, clearly marked on the post where it can't be read when installed in your bike. So you can have up to 185mm of post, from the saddle rails to your frame, exposed, and no more. Nitto's workmanship is second to none. These are the most beautifully finished seatposts you'll find anywhere. The quality of these is the same as with the 27.2mm size, which I also brought in. The price is $85. for either 26.8mm or 27.0mm size. If you have a bike shop and wish to order one of these posts, please call for wholesale pricing after reading this page. This applies only to the 26.8mm and 27.0mm sizes! AND! I also brought in the best post Nitto makes. It's the NJ-SP72 Jaguar, a two bolt post with the same gorgeous finish and solid design as the S-65 Crystal Fellow. Nitto only makes it in the 210mm size, and it has the same 65mm insertion requirement, so you won't be able to extend your saddle as much from your frame. 210mm is the old standard for seatposts, back when bicycle frames were sized in the traditional fashion, and riders didn't have their saddle ten inches higher than the handlebar. It's certainly not the post to use on many modern frames with steeply sloping top tubes. You can have 145mm exposed from the frame to the saddle rails. While Nitto also makes the Jaguar in 26.8mm and 27.0mm, I could only afford to bring it in for 27.2mm, since, as with the S-65, I need to order a minimum of fifty to do this at all. Why do I say this is Nitto's best post? How is it better than the S-65? By having two bolts to clamp the saddle rails, it's actually easier to make small adjustments to your saddle position. Let's say you have the saddle tilt exactly where you want it, but you want to experiment with moving the saddle forward just a bit. With a single bolt post like the S-65, you loosen that one bolt which allows you to alter both the tilt and the fore-aft saddle position. While you're moving the saddle forward, you might slightly alter the tilt. But with a two bolt clamp, if you loosen just one of the bolts, you can then move your saddle forward, and then, when you tighten that same bolt back up, the saddle will end up at exactly the same tilt it started out at. You'll have made your fore-aft adjustment without changing the tilt one bit. Also, if you just want to adjust the tilt, bring the nose down a bit without changing the fore-aft saddle position, here's what to do. Loosen the rear bolt, and then tighten the front bolt. Your tilt will change, dropping the nose, but otherwise the saddle won't move. Don't worry, you can make adjustments to the S-65 without pulling your hair out. Use a small carpenter's level to see your saddle's tilt, and you can then make adjustments and know that you're only changing one thing at a time. It takes longer with a single bolt post, but it can be done. The Jaguar just makes it a lot easier. Nitto Jaguar, 27.2mm, 210mm length: $95.00 And now the "But Peter, what have you done for me lately?" dept. ;-) Yes, I'm well aware that Nitto makes their seatposts in lots of different lengths and nodels. These are the only models and lengths that I sell. I cannot order other lengths and models. Since I have to order fifty of any one model and size, I cannot special order Nitto posts. Shimano Dura Ace There are a few seat posts made in 27.4mm diameter. But most are either ugly, or not very well made. Theonly exception is the Shimano Dura Ace, and it's no longer being made. But there are a few left, and I have them. These have a beautiful silver finish. They have a single bolt design, but use a second bolt as a stop for the tilt, so you don't lose your tilt adjustment when you adjust the saddle fore/aft. Normal setback, so the front of the rails are centered on the middle of the post, just like Campagnolo, Nitto and most other traditional seat posts. $ 110.00 Pitlock Whatever seat post you use, you can help keep it from being stolen by using a Pitlock seat post binder bolt. When you insert the post in your frame, it's likely to be scratched by the inside surface of the seat tube. Put the saddle on the post and check to see that the post will allow adjusting the saddle to the tilt you want before inserting the post in the frame. That way, if the post doesn't work well with your saddle, you can return it. Scratched posts are not returnable. Absolutely no exceptions!
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