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I've clearly not been paying attention but it appears that Thomson have added blue (well, glacier) to their range. I have to say, they look rather nice, but I don't doubt that they're expensive and wouldn't suit my 2 bikes.
Very 90s stem and seatpost. But the colour is lovely
Would look great on my Tripster I reckon. A "very 90s" (100mm) stem and seatpost (non-dropper) currently reside upon it. As well as a black Thomson top cap. All 10 years old and worth of replacing I'd say. Noooo..!!!
(Instagram says they've been around since 2023 at least!)
Musta been LTD edition
I'm surprised to hear Thomson still make bike components, let alone blue ones
Why are you surprised?
Not a fan seeing them on their own - and is that a real photo or a render anyway?
They may look nice on the right retro-style bike though.
The only seat post that's ever snapped on me was a Thomson....
Black stem and carbon bars on my ol’ Tripster still going well after 10 years. Stem was bought 2nd hand from a member of the STW mag crew. Their stems went a bit out of fashion for some reason.
The blue components are definitely real, some pics of them on Facebork… the Thomson site only has a 31.8 90mm stem left for sale. Can’t find them anywhere else.
Why are you surprised?
Almost no-one has a rigid seatpost anymore, much less one that costs more than a good dropper.
I haven't seen anything of their's on a bike for as long as I can remember.
Almost no-one has a rigid seatpost anymore
Question was about "components", not just rigid seatposts
If you're in the USA, they're selling off their dropper post stock direct at good prices right now.
Plenty of their components seem spot on for what the "gravel" market has become... hopefully that'll help them keep on keeping on.
I'm surprised to hear Thomson still make bike components, let alone blue one
Yeah, that was my reaction to the title as well TBH.
As above, I clearly wasn't paying attention. It looks as if it was a limited run from a while back with a Cerakote finish.
Upgrade Bikes are UK distributors and they only have silver & black. I'm not sure that they were easily available in the UK either. It looks like they did a jungle green run too, back in 2018.
I'm quite happy with Thomson & rigid seatposts on both my bikes. Much of it's second hand & yonks old and still going strong.
Plenty of their components seem spot on for what the "gravel" market has become... hopefully that'll help them keep on keeping on.
I thought Thomson was still the height of fashion which shows just how unfashionable and uncool I've become.
But then mountain bikers not even being aware of what is in fashion and running good but unfashionable components is actually even cooler than having a bike dripping with the current cool kit.
But then being too cool to follow fashion has become a cliche and therefore deeply uncool...
So, wherever that leaves me I'd just like to say I think those blue bits look ****ing awesome and I want some. I'll wait for them to come up on the classifieds because paying full retail is deeply uncool.
Just me that thinks that blue is awful then?
Ew.
still running Thomson post and stem on my tourer/commuter. In black, thankfully.
Came in to the thread expecting a Hope style anodised dark blue and was disappointed. Saying that, Thomson kit is really lovely IMO and I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't have a dropper or want a 35mm stem. On the subject of droppers, my Thomson one is still going strong and is by far the nicest made out of all the dropper posts I've had. Would be my default choice if they made them in decent lengths.
Stems got shorter but anything less than 70mm from Thomson was a very different aesthetic.
I had several of their seats posts and they were great but even my gravel bike now has a (Bikeyoke) dropper.
Seat clamp and top cap are still in use.
I did have a couple of their droppers but found them unreliable and the fact you can't even do a "lowers" service in them without sending them away was very inconvenient.
So yeah, appreciate they are still desirable second hand, but surprised they still do new stuff. After all, it's primarily an aerospace company, they just do bike bits for fun.
The only seat post that's ever snapped on me was a Thomson....
When I was much more overweight and running a long seatpost on a 16" Trailstar (the good old days!) a Thomson was the only post that I didn't end up bending!
Almost no-one has a rigid seatpost anymore, much less one that costs more than a good dropper.
Literally just bought a Thomson post, to swap between the CX bike (existing single bolt post kept shifting when I did a running remount 😂) and the 29er which is just a glorified long distance gravel bike now anyway.
I’ve still got a lovely 70mm X4 stem that would be on my jump/pumptrack bike now if it was 50mm. Might stick it on the road bike to replace the 70mm Race Face stem now I think about it. And yes, to a roadie my road bike is a big framed, short seatposted and stemmed monstrosity, but I like the longer wheel base the bigger frame allows me.
Went through about a 10 year period when every single stem and post on all my bikes was various flavours of Thomson.
Then the whole dropper post/stubby stem era hit.
My gravel bike was still full Thomson until 6.months ago when I switched to a new frame that took a short dropper.
If I was building up a new road bike Id probably still use their stuff, it just lasts.
Just me that thinks that blue is awful then?
Looks "sick" to me 😉
As in puke, chunder, technicolour yawn, not wicked
i cannot think of a single colour bike where that would actually look just about OK
My old Thomson non dropper was a dropper. Dunno if it was the black anodised machined surface finish or what but it would always creep down, greased or ungreased. Needed bonus Nm on the seat clamp.
Looks lovely, but as others said, what's the point? I've got an old Thompson post on my track bike and it manages to make a pretty much perfectly smooth concrete velodrome feel uncomfortable after 90 minutes! So even on a gravel bike I'd be looking for similarly priced carbon posts. Same with stems to a lesser extent. They're lovely and stiff, but they're not light and definitely transmit more 'buzz' than some others.
A bit like Middleburn cranks though, they'll always look so right on a steel hardtail that just about any flaw can be forgiven.
Almost no-one has a rigid seatpost anymore, much less one that costs more than a good dropper.
They do make a dropper, probably not in blue though.