Seat post mounted suspension

[Matt-g]

Hi,

Has anyone used one of these. And if so which one and do you rate it?

I went on a 50 mile towpath excursion yesterday and the front suspension on my specialized crosstrail helped quite a bit, relative to my rigid fork bike....but my back end seems to feel every rut on the return leg of the journey.

 

[Cyclist33]

Probably means it was more efficient as a stiffer back-end. Just drop some air out of the rear tyre, "float" over rough sections a bit more by coming off the saddle and letting your arm and leg joints flex to take up the knocks.

My view of suspension seat posts in general is that they would by definition alter your leg to pedal extension almost continually, which would seem a pain in the *rse and not particularly efficient a form of cycling. Haven't ever used one though.

 

[snorri]

I found my new Trek had one fitted as standard, had difficulty adjusting it then it all went loose allowing the seat to rotate by a few degres and could not be tightened up.Absolutely useless piece of equipment that I have now replaced with a standard seat post.
If you are suffering from the bumps, possibly your tyres or tyre pressures are unsuited to off road?

Edit. Cyclist 33 beat me to it re tyre pressures.

 

[ushills]

I have one of the original USE suspension seatposts on my hard-tail RIbble R4, coupled with Mazzochi Bombers on the front.

I find the suspension seatpost takes the unexpected impacts out of trails, like tree roots etc, but it need to be set to your weight correctly or it will affect your peddling stroke. I wouldn't be without one.