Hi, I'm going to run a carbon seatpost on my Bfe in the winter and the uppy downy in summer. The reason for carbon is to provide a bit of "give". Would I be better of getting a Thomson alloy and running the tyre softer or tubless or going for something like a USE carbon and still running my tyres hard? Im 14 stone but don't just smash through everything, I like to think I have some sympathy for components...
Opinions please
A carbon seatpost is not going to make an enormous difference, where as running big volume tyres at lower pressures will.
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I'm running 2.35 minnions on my FS bike. Think that would do the job then if I lower the pressure a bit?
If you're not running tubeless, then i'd go for that. I ran my steel 456 with tubes, then tubeless and it made a huge amount of difference to the comfort.
I will have a look at some ghetto tubless options then because I like my wheels and I'm tight!
I ran a USE Sumo Carbon post on my old Pace 303. Certainly improved matters, but I had to give in eventually. BFe should have bit more natural give anyway. Some nice big tubeless tyres would be a good move. Also, in my experience, a Ti railed saddle helps. I have both Cro-Mo & Ti railed Spoons & the Ti is comfier. I can tell the difference anyway. WTB "V" series saddles are very comfy, if a little DFS in the looks dept. Pricey though, in Ti railed variety.
I already run a cromo spoon. I will have to get a TI one as well as tubless then.
Thanks all