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...that will take a bit of the sting out of a stiff ally am hardtail, but be strong enough for a big, heavy, clumsy fellow with a reputation for breaking stuff. Does anyone make a really tough carbon post?
Surely a really tough carbon post with be stiff as hell, go thomson and forget
Go for a 27.2 Thomson and shim it to fit the frame, will have more flex than a 30.9/31.6 but still be plenty strong enough.
There's some nice titanium seatposts out there. [url= http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/seat-post-seat-pin/product/use-sumo-titanium-9499 ]Use SUMO[/url]? Or the creme de la creme of seatposts: the [url= http://www.kenteriksen.com/comp_seatpost.html ]Eriksen[/url]?
Why carbon fibre?
http://aluminium.matter.org.uk/content/html/eng/default.asp?catid=89&pageid=2144417038
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (at least the High Modulus stuff) is stiffer than most materials. Glass Reinforced Plastic is not so stiff.
I've got a raceface next on my xc bike, which is lovely and compliant, so I thought perhaps carbon was the way to go, but I'm no materials expert? Hense the request for advice. I've always got on well with Thomson posts but hadn't thought of shimming one. All I thought was a 31.6 thomson would be stiff as hell.
Thomson - Everytime
Shim for a 27.2 Thomson.