Nice review. I too have agonized over seatposts. I like Brooks saddles enough to be afraid to invest $150+ in something with longer rails (Selle Anatomica for example: intrigued, but frugal). Getting behind the seat matters to me in ways lengthening the stem doesn’t address. I have a bad knee/leg, and it has to extend just so or it flares up for weeks. Getting my seat back helps that leg. I accomplished this with a Thompson layback post, on one bike, but I like the flexibility of the straight post on this since it’ll fit a taller frame with lower post. I do wish there were more options in way back/layback/setback posts too. Keep us updated on how you like this one.
> On Nov 20, 2021, at 13:03, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <jonasandle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > <4F9D0A57-31F2-46D8-9FC5-2B4CD19A8377.jpeg> > <01A4B13F-B79C-4AD6-87AA-865A60510C77.jpeg> > <762CEC45-A776-48F4-A909-E57865E26BBC.jpeg> > I adore my two Rivendells. My raspberry Platypus is perfect, my absolute > favorite, and my good-natured Clem is a close 2nd. > > But over time, I noticed little things that I wished were different. Usually, > I ponder a long time before actually making any changes, because the smallest > adjustment can make a bike feel foreign. I have a long and documented history > of driving to bike shops completely nauseated, and crying in their parking > lots over ridiculous things like getting new tires or brake cables or a new > Nitto rack. When I would retrieve the bike after service, a typical first > ride would be: “Now it’s terrible! Nothing like the good thing I had. I hate > these new tires. What was I thinking having this rack installed?! I knew it, > I should have left the bald tires on the bike and kept it original!” > > Give me enough time and annoyance, and even I will make a change. I had not > been getting along with my stock seat post (the nose of the saddle would tip > up) and my Brooks (it was rubbing me the wrong way - ha). I got a Rivet > Sonora in white (it is fabulous) and a Nitto S83 post, which didn’t offer > enough setback. I wanted to scoot back, but was at the end of the Rivet. I > was holding my bars forward of the grips to compensate. I wanted to be more > stretched out; I felt cramped. My stem is the Nitto x-tall 280mm stem in a 9 > cm reach. They offer a 10 cm, but nothing longer, and the 10 wouldn’t make > enough difference. I’m not giving up my 280 mm height, so if not a new > stem…maybe a new seat post. > > Rivendell sells an IRD Wayback seat post. I’m sure I’m committing some > ergonomic sin by adjusting seat post and not stem, but it WORKED. I sit > exactly perfect now, and there’s even a measurement on the side so that what > I like now has a number I can assign to it. > > The cons. It’s not an elegant seat post, but it’s dead practical. The Nitto > wins for looks, but I’m more practical than pretty, so I’m only bothered by > this a *little*. The Wayback has one bolt, so I’m not sure if my Rivet nose > will tip up over time. Weight. The Wayback feels heavy in hand, and > noticeably so compared to the Nitto. > > Here is where I will credit Laing for 2 things: both stem and seat post. He > mentioned both on this List and they were the perfect recommendations for me. > I’d never have found either, so thank goodness you posted, Laing! > Leah > > PS This hand-wringing does not apply to bags and baskets. I change those like > underwear. > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/94c9219d-bc8a-41d4-a584-09c274da7090n%40googlegroups.com. > <4F9D0A57-31F2-46D8-9FC5-2B4CD19A8377.jpeg> > <01A4B13F-B79C-4AD6-87AA-865A60510C77.jpeg> > <762CEC45-A776-48F4-A909-E57865E26BBC.jpeg> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7EB2D8C9-5B0A-49D5-8066-B38C914BFF9A%40gmail.com.
