> *And* you bet you don't get as much setback with that old kind of post.
Not a problem if you are using it on a custom bike. > (but which I recognize as style, not function or even necessarily > aesthetics). Now we are getting into the splitting hairs category. I hope to use mine on a custom rando style bike that will have braze on brakes, integrated fenders and front racks, internal cabling, a stem with built in stradle cable holder. It is my opinion the seat post will match the aesthetics - not just style - of the rest of the bike. > I am old enough to remember when the LaPrad type of post was called a > "micro-adjust" post because it didn't have the coarse serrations of > the old, separate-type clamp. Based on James' report above, I am hopeful the clamp will be more than up to the job. If not, and as I say above, Brompton recently put a very nice stepped clamp on the market. On Aug 22, 9:21 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am old enough to remember when the LaPrad type of post was called a > "micro-adjust" post because it didn't have the coarse serrations of > the old, separate-type clamp. *And* you bet you don't get as much > setback with that old kind of post. I think it's a quirky, nostalgia, > be different type of accessory, a taste for which I can sympathize > (but which I recognize as style, not function or even necessarily > aesthetics). > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Johnny Alien <johnnyal...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I am a bit lost on this as well. While they look great I always > > thought the two part seatposts of the past were a bad design > > decision. Past nostalgia what would be the benefit of this post? > > > On Aug 21, 11:24 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > >> > Can't see what the fuss is over the SP 60,though -- looks like a bad > >> > old design resurrected in better quality. > > >> Sadly, good taste has become all too rare in this 21st Century. For > >> those of carrying the flame, there is now the SP-60. Which is, by the > >> way, the topic of this thread. > > >> On Aug 21, 9:44 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > Bob: I've got the earlier aluminum DA posts on two Rivs; even with > >> > their considerable setback I have to use a mallet to get my Flites far > >> > back enough (yes, I ought to have listened to Grant long ago when he > >> > counseled a 72* st; but mine are 73*) and the clamp grips the front > >> > part of the cradle with just mm of contact (no problems over many > >> > years, but ...). > > >> > Does the S 83 have more setback than the DAs? > > >> > Can't see what the fuss is over the SP 60,though -- looks like a bad > >> > old design resurrected in better quality. > > >> > Thanks. > > >> > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Bob Cooper > > >> > <robertcoo...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > >> > > I ordered a Nitto S-83 quite some time ago, and this week I got around > >> > > to installing it, mating the Atlantis to the Brooks Team Pro. > > >> > > As I was lubing and assembling the ensemble, I was struck by the fact > >> > > that this was the finest seatpost I had ever installed. > > >> > > Better than my Dura-Ace, Synchros, Easton, Suntour XC Pro, Suntour > >> > > Superbe Pro, American Classic or even the Nitto S-65 of which I think > >> > > I have three and the Thompson Elite of which I have three. > > >> > > None of these is junk, but the S-83 is better. How do they do it? A > >> > > masterpiece of design and execution. > > >> > > Bob Cooper > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > > For more options, visit this group > >> > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > >> > -- > >> > Patrick Moore > >> > Albuquerque, NM > >> > For professional resumes, contact > >> > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
