carbon vs titanium seatpost

Looking for a 27.2 seatpost to go in a sonder camino al, hoping ot get something that offers a degree of compliance, is titanium better for this than carbon or in reality will it be unnoticeable?

Also recommendations of posts max budget £80

cheers

I suspect at that price carbon is the best bet. You might get a no name chinese ti post for 80 quid but I doubt it will give you any more comfort than a selco or brand x carbon.

A Moots layback titanium post on the other hand is a thing of beauty but also a thing of great cost…

https://shop.moots.com/products/moots-layback-cinch-post?variant=32277311455314

USE carbon post in that range

Thomson is a bit nice also

https://www.bikethomson.com/product/titanium-seatpost/

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/ultimate-use-alien-carbon-seat-post

I bought an ebay carbon post, stickered as an EC90 for my gravel bike earlier in the year, £22.

Works great, just be careful as one bolt is tightened from above – so handy to have either a high-profile seat or a ‘gapped’ saddle.

There’s always PX…

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/SPSEDEHM/selcof-delta-hm-carbon-seat-post

Actually I have the larger diameter one and it’s pretty decent. Sure it was cheaper though.

alien cyclops on the outlet part of USE £45 seems good value

or in reality will it be unnoticeable?

Having back to back compared alloy versus carbon (On a vary stiff, narrow/high pressured tyre bike) I would say it would be unnoticeable but then maybe I am not very sensitive to these things.

The only thing that matters to me in a seat post is the the clamp is very good and I favour Thomson style clamps as very small adjustments are very easy and they seem very good for the relatively low weight.

I noticed the difference between a cheap aluminium post and a cheap Wiggle BrandX carbon post. Problem is, the cheap carbon post broke, probably because I was guessing the torque when tighening the clamp…

Would take a punt on a Selcof post though, just buy a torque wrench for fitting it!

Mason Penta Seatpost comes in on budget with a more conventional clamp design than the USE.   I bought a s/h one on here a couple of years ago which has been happily doing the job for me.

Not sure I’d trust a cheapo carbon seatpost on a mountain bike, seen several snap on MTBs.

I’m keen to try an Ergon CF3 or Canyon vcls having seen one flexing under someone a year or two back.

I recon it depends how much post is showing. I see the posts of my tall mates really flex, my post however just pokes out from the seat tube about five inches, and doubt it does at all.
So if you’re tall with a long seat post showing I think you’ll notice the difference.

I reckon you’d need a fairly sensitive arse to tell the difference between one and another tbh.
I’d go with a thomson at that budget, but for full disclosure, I’m a fat knacker, and I already have one on my surly, which i love.

Tì all the way. It’s easily noticeable, especially in 27.2.

A Thomson post doesn’t fit the bill of giving some compliance surely!?

Yeah, there’s a few seatposts being recommended here that do nothing for compliance, and nor do they claim to.

The split Ergon/Canyon post works really well. Only available in shorter road bike lengths last I looked, but doesn’t need as much post showing as others to do the job. I’ve also seen a identical ebay knockoff work just as well and not explode. £30-40 if you can find one.

Syntace, Cannondale, Niner and Ritchey do carbon posts designed to flex slightly. They’re all fairly pricey new. I’ve had the Syntace before and it does indeed visibly bend slightly when leaning on the saddle and is noticeable while riding.

Thinking of binning off my carbon seat post as its constantly slipping – not sure if thats common as not used one before now.

Could try some carbon grip paste

You might get more compliance from Ti seat rails…

The split Ergon/Canyon post works really well.

As long as you are OK with creaks and rattling head overtime it is fine post.

I also have 400mm cheap J&L Ti seatpost. Rating it much higher for compliance than CF.

Cheers!
I.

Ivan the cheap Ti post on ebay by J&L, inline or with setback?