What makes thomson elite seatposts and stems so much more expensive??
They are just really good kit! Easy to use, strong and the finish takes a lot of abuse. I have had mine for ages and it still looks like new, I would buy another. Others will tell you that you can get other posts of similar or better quality for less but I am yet to find one.
They're bomb proof.
...and cool.
In the 27.2 size theres nothing better, i must've spent £200 plus, on posts that bent in normal use. Before buying a thomson at £60 which TBH isn't that much. I'm sure the easton it replaced was more expensive.
Went through a few posts before I got the thomson as they were all bending (I run quite a bit of post out of the frame and was heavy back then)! Mine still seems fairly straight and it only cost £25 off ebay anyway. I'll eventually get a matching stem, just because they look nice.
ok ok.... they do look pretty dam fine !!!! so just again hit the card again and its on its way !!!!!
thanks for the posts !! get it !! posts
on my last build (an all mountain bike) I veered away from my usual choice of thomson X4 stem and thomson elite seatpost, in favour of some Easton "Haven" finishing kit the shop was offering on a "deal" with the frameset
the deal was not actually cheaper than buying thomson kit at "street price" but the same price as the thomson street price (with some money off the RRP of the easton kit)
within a few months the Easton Haven seatpost looked like complete sh*t with loads of scratches / marks where I had moved the post up and down in the frame, and I was getting suspect creaking noises from the seapost's saddle clamp despite use of anti-seize on bolts and torque wrench - never had this issue with the 8 thomson seatposts I have owned over some years!
the Easton Haven stem certainly looked the part when new and worked as well as the thomson x4 in terms of strength / stiffness with big 750mm bars
but in a few short months all of the mounting bolts had rusted (steerer clamp bolts x 2, and handlebar clamp bolts x 4) making the stem look really tatty - NEVER had this issue with the 6 thomson stems I have owned over some years!
with the brand new bike build, it was definitely back to thomson with the 70mm X4 stem and 410mm x 27.2mm Elite seatpost 🙂