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The seatpost is a Campagnolo Chorus Titanium seatpost, which I believe is no longer manufactured.
Stops Making Sense: The Brake Debate Goes International BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The seatpost is a Campagnolo Aero, maybe Super Record 26.8.
Archive 2008-01-01 BikeSnobNYC 2008
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Okay, so unless I am mistaken, for the same seatpost height from the center of the bottom bracket, and the same stem length, how can a 74-degree seat tube produce a longer effective top tube if they are measured on the horizontal intersection of the seat tube extension to a line in the center of the head tube?
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If you have your saddle slammed all the way forward, get a seatpost with less setback, and vice versa for mega setback riders.
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The bottom bracket being further back means that you have to push the saddle further back on the seatpost to achieve the same position of the saddle relative to the bottom bracket center as you would on a 72-degree seat angle.
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The top tube itself in a “compact” or “sloping” frame is shorter than the “horizontal top tube length” measured from the head tube/top tube intersect to the center of the seatpost.
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They lack the adjustment of a seatpost and offer fewer setback options.
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On a seatpost clamp stand, their cantilevered nature is less stable.
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It's a good thing my seatpost doesn't have a quick release bolt or apparently I'd need another lock for that.
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All my bikes have round tubes and stout aluminum seatposts so I use a traditional Park work stand with a hefty clamp that grabs the seatpost; it allows me to work on everything — drivetrain, general cleaning, rear and front brakes, etc.
alexz commented on the word seatpost
a seatpost is the tube which a bicycle saddle is mounted on top of.
January 12, 2013