Zoom Suspension Seat Post - Black, 31.6x350 mm

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The business end of the seatpost is its head, which has a clamp mechanism to attach it to the saddle rails. Upgrading the seatpost on your road bike is a great way to lose weight and potentially add some comfort too, A more modern trend, mostly on mountain bikes, where stronger seatposts are required (without too much extra weight) led to a new “oversized” standard of 27.4 mm (and wider). A wider-diameter seatpost offers, in theory, improved durability over an equivalent seatpost in a narrower diameter. The Loam dropper comes with some nifty features including customisable speed return and easy on-bike travel adjustment.

Overall, the Bontrager Line Elite is hard to fault, performing without issue in testing and proving easy to install.Fox has updated its reliable Transfer dropper post, reducing weight, insertion depths and adding a 200mm travel option. It’s also released a new 1x bar remote and has made internals easier to service. But measuring the circumference means you only have to distinguish a 0.6 mm difference (because everything is multiplied by 3.14…), which is doable. The Fox DOSS has three settings, one fully up for pedalling, 40mm down for more technical but still pedally

The Crankbrothers Highline dropper seatpost is designed for cross-country cycling and gravel riding, so it comes in a narrow 27.2mm diameter and with relatively short stroke lengths at 60mm to 125mm.At 300mm in length, the Enve seatpost is available in 0mm, and 25mm-offset versions. While quite a few carbon posts have a metal clamp head bonded on the top, the Enve post is carbon through and through. How to measure the seatpost diameter? The easiest and most accurate method is to use calipers (Vernier, or digital), as shown in picture 2. Measuring seatpost diameter using calipers. But, a narrower pipe could probably be sourced, or even a steel rod – then it’s up to finding a turner to process it into the appropriate diameter size.

preferable to have a handlebar-mounted remote. These tend to cost more money but also mean that you can

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Since measuring often can’t be done to a 1/100 of a millimeter in accuracy, the next section gives a list of the most commonly used standard seatpost diameters. If a measured diameter differs, it can be assumed that the correct diameter is the standard one that most closely matches the measured diameter. It is easiest to measure the existing seatpost outer diameter – if there is a well-fitting seatpost on the bike. In case there’s no seatpost, we would need to measure the seat-tube’s inner diameter (using calipers, and minding to measure the tube itself, not the seat-clamp’s inner diameter). left), 30.9mm (middle) and 31.6mm (right) seatpost diameters are most common. Kaden Gardener / Our Media Though some brands like to play exception to the rule, the majority of bikes are designed to fit a seatpost of either 31.6mm or 27.2mm. Best Lightweight Gravel/Road Dropper: FOX Racing Shox Transfer SL 27.2 Performance Elite Dropper Seatpost