Seatpost? It just connects the saddle to the bike, doesn't it?
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Aero seat posts are great when it comes to marginal gains, but mean that upgrading is basically impossible and finding a replacement if yours is damaged can be an ordeal as well
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There's more to the humble seatpost than meets the eye
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Alloy or carbon? The debate rages on. But as far as seat posts are concerned, there are more important factors when it comes to ride comfort than what seatpost you have
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27.2mm has become the standard diameter on road bikes but the Cannondale Synapse uses a 25.4mm post in a bid to improve comfort
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An offset post can be a useful way to get your position dialled in exactly right
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Canyon's innovative VCLS 2.0 seatpost uses a comfort-boosting leaf-spring design
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Aero seat posts are great when it comes to marginal gains, but mean that upgrading is basically impossible and finding a replacement if yours is damaged can be an ordeal as well
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There's more to the humble seatpost than meets the eye
Seatpost? It just connects the saddle to the bike, doesn't it?
Seatposts. You buy one, stick a saddle on and sit on it. Simple, right? Wrong.
Actually in a modern world where crazy things like electronic shifting and GPS bike computers have already happened, it was inevitable that even the humble seatpost would have an infusion of technology eventually.
These days seatposts come in all shapes and sizes with some designed to aid aerodynamics, others aiming to improve comfort and a few that, controversially, are still just cylindrical tubes designed to keep your saddle in the correct place.
But seriously, like most things in the bike world, choosing a new seatpost isn’t quite as easy as just picking the first one that comes to hand. There are a number of important things to think about, and we’ll run over each of them in this buyer’s guide.
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