Why cut a seatpost????

[dirttorpedo]

Yes, I always cut my seat post to save weight. I use to trim my bars too. Since I couldn't afford the top end it was one of the easiest ways to lighten the bike.

 

[grogee]

^^^^

What he said... Why spend £40 on a flash seatpost when a cut-down £20 weighs the same or less?

Don't buy the argument that it spreads load inside the frame either - majority is concentrated around the clamp, and as long as you stick to min insertion length it's ok. I wouldn't want anything that was too fragile there anyway, it's too close to my goolies.

Apart from appearance's sake, obviously. But none of us rb'ers care about appearance, we're all about the function...

 

[Rampage]

^^^^

What he said... Why spend £40 on a flash seatpost when a cut-down £20 weighs the same or less?

But an expensive one weighs even less when cut!

 

[toaster999]

Just skip the beers and the weight gets saved anyway and you have a lovely seapost thats not been butchered.


Er, OK, maybe sink a few less beers and chop a little bit off.

 

[13]

I use to trim my bars too. Since I couldn't afford the top end it was one of the easiest ways to lighten the bike.

Thats funny how much weight did you save and how was the handling?

 

[tintin40]

Yes, I always cut my seat post to save weight. I use to trim my bars too. Since I couldn't afford the top end it was one of the easiest ways to lighten the bike.

I also cut my bars down. Not to save weight. But because they are always to wide :x

 

[cce]

i have a scary-light USE alien that i cut down to roadie length. Partly to save weight, partly so i am never tempted to put it on an MTB

 

[mickdeene]

re cutting posts

Surely the beast way to lose weight off the bike is to stop eating all the pies.Working for me.

 

[Woz]

I routinely cut seat-posts and bars. Stops tall people wanting to have a go on it.

 

[Glassman]

can someone tell me what is the minimum you can cut down one say from underneath the seat down in mm.