On Aug 22, 11:29 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > OK...past aesthetics what is the benefit. > > > It has always been a bit of a drag to work your keester off to come up > with a full integrated look on your bike only to have the seat post > mechanicals loudly make their presence known. > This is interesting. I consider the sp-60 to be a very industrial looking seatpost. Compared to today's seatpost, I actually think it may be "louder" than current seatpost just because it is so different.
For example, if you look at standard seatposts, most look like these: Nitto CR http://www.rivbike.com/images/products/full/0000/1149/11-031_site_pairheads.jpg Kalloy http://aebike.com/images/library/catalogs/soc/prodl/ST1550.jpg Campy Silver Seatpost http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2003/tech/features/campy_midrange/cereggisella01.jpg Of course, if you decide to really want "loud," check out the Miche: http://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Seats%20&%20Seatposts_files/Miche%20Super%20Silver-1.jpg > Until now, most post and clamp options were decidedly on the budget > side of the market. Assuming this post and clamp meet Nitto's until > now exacting standards, There is a fairly good chance this will be the > missing component. > Agree, Nitto makes great stuff, so you'll probably won't have any problems with it. Good Luck! -- 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.
