Or, perhaps more precisely, you'd be buying setback that you don't need to use.
But! If you ride a traditional Brooks, and if at the same time you like a somewhat rearward position, a long-setback seatpost won't be at all impractical. I like a rearward saddle, and the old Dura Ace seatposts I use (with quite a bit of setback) just barely accommodate my Flites -- I've used a rubber mallet to get one of these as far back as possible on my 73* seat tubed frames. A B 17 or Pro would be impossible without a seatpost with exceptional setback. I recall trying to fit a Flyer to an old mountain bike (73*) and having no luck at all until I got a very specialized post with huge amounts of setback. So, with a Brooks, it's quite possible that a high-setback post will be useful even on a 72* seat-tubed frame. And they look nice! On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Mike Schiller <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > Hugh, since your Atlantis and Hilsen both have 72 degree STA's , adding > a 37mm setback post is going to put you way back behind the pedals. It may > cause some other problems ( knee,hip,foot) Normally people use that > seatpost when they have a steeper STA. What issue are you trying to fix? > > ~mike > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
