got a bent thomson post.
😥

Sure its not just a layback?

it is now…………. 😆

I am too in shock, nobody has posted about how £20 posts never bend and are sooooo much cheaper.

I am sorry for your loss also

Sorry for your loss, how old was it?

it’ll stop it slipping further down into the frame, anyway.

this is what happens when fashion meets fatties.
too much seatpost showing, it was just a matter of time.

my condolences

You’re not the only person I know who’s bent one, Ton………

Big heavy bloke in ‘oh look a lightweight part has bent beneath my not inconsiderable bulk’ shocker…

Try a DH post or something, Ton.

The point of Thomson posts is that they *do* bend.

Instead of snap.

Shirley?

sympathetic bastids…………… 😉

Well what did you expect, Ton? Considering all the ‘I may be a big bloke but I’m still fit an healthy and can ride a bike you know’ posts. Yes, we know you’re a big bloke, Ton. You keep telling us. Most MTB kit probbly isn’t designed to be hammered by people well over 15 stone. Because very large people don’t tend to ride bikes much. The bike companies do their research, and base their designs around the upper average sort of weight and build, I’d say. Thomson stuff is designed to be strong yet lightweight. What you need is something that’s stronger, and inevitably heavier.

Or lose weight.

Personally, I could happily and safely ride around on kit that weighs a third less, and not worry about snapping it, but have to suffer a weight penalty because blokes like Ton keep bending lightweight stuff…

fred……….the post was posted tongue in cheek………..you **** annoying little cock weasel………

🙂

(Runs off to admire Thomson Masterpiece and super-lightweight carbon and Ti posts on his bikes…)

FYI Thompson kit ain’t that light…..

and it is the 1st one i have ever bent.
always used them and always will.
also i am 2.5 stone lighter now than when i bought the post i have just bent.

I thought Thomson stuff was a bit heavier and a bit stronger than the usual kit…?

not a ‘bit stronger’ enough, it would seem…

Thomson is fairly lightweight, but stronger than other lightweight stuff. The Masterpiece is very light for an alloy post.

How about something like this, Ton? Bargainous, too:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2519

From Thomson site re: Elite post;

Q – Is there a weight limit for the Elite seatpost?
A – Practically speaking, no.

I’d be talking to them and seeign if they’ll stump up for a new shaft.

the Masterpiece has a weight limit of 200lb though…

try standing up…

first time I’ve ever heard of one bending
you should get in touch with them, see what they say – I can’t imagine their warranty department are that busy

Well i’ve bent one and had it changed on warrenty. Christ knows how i did it, it was on a pace 303.You would have thought the seat tube would have snapped first, (instead of second;-)

is this the one you are selling in the classifieds?

no it is the one i am not selling………read the post.

Isn’t it Thomson who have that black and white picture (in an advert?) of a fat bugger riding on one of their seatposts?

EDIT This one: Point being, if they advertise like that, it shouldn’t bloody bend or break!

I used to have a titec one, bought it based on the 5 year no quibble guarentee, unfortuately it’s only 26.8 so too small for my 456 and siezed into the last frame 🙁

How did you bend it then ?

Uri Geller was round for tea and crumpets.

read the post.

I can’t. It’s all bent.

read the post.
I can’t. It’s all bent.

That made me chuckle

no ides how it bent.
been slipping in the frame, so i took it out and help a straightedge to it.
1.5mm gap between post and straightedge.

try dropping it in a large vase with a few of them blue pills?

😆
used em all last friday………… 😉

In fairnness, it’s a 27.2mm post, so would bend more easily with a big lad sat atop it than a larger diameter one, no?

mine was a 31.something…………..

Ton, you should be congratulated. You’re obviously riding much harder than you used to!

The Race Face post is rather heavy, bulletproof too (so far).