I was also disappointed to learn my Hillborne used a 26.8. What a frustrating choice, since seat post diameter is one of the few things in the bicycling industry that is *almost* standard nowadays (ignoring the sizes in use on modern MTB, plus all the proprietary crap). Then here comes Riv using something else! And instead of picking a size with some sort of tangible benefit, they picked a seemingly random one used infrequently 3+ decades ago. It's a bit eye-rolling, really, for all of Riv's talk over the years bemoaning the fickleness of the industry they then spec the strangest, most hard to find post diameters (30.0 on a custom?? Really? I'd return it!).
Here's a controversial statement: being the only frame manufacturer using a dead/rare post size is almost no different than using a proprietary seat post. On Wednesday, 25 November 2020 at 22:05:42 UTC-8 Philip Williamson wrote: > Mr The Snag, I am very interested in seeing your mountain mixte with the > dropper post. I think droppers are better than bread; it’s a shame > Rivendell specs pinner seat posts. > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA > > On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:48:56 PM UTC-8 The Snag wrote: > >> Yes. It was quite the chore to put a dropper post on my Mtn mixte. Funny >> how that .4mm makes such a difference in options..... >> >> On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:38:12 PM UTC-8 Benz Ouyang, Sunnyvale, >> CA wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7:38:51 PM UTC-8 Kainalu V. -Brooklyn >>> NY wrote: >>> >>>> The S83 comes in 26.8, and if you need a better seatpost than that, >>>> well then maybe you do, who am I to say. For me, it's as good as good >>>> gets, >>>> and I've got an 84 to compare it to! (in 27.2, which I use with a shim on >>>> my Clem that has a 665.5* seattube) >>> >>> >>> While what you said about the Nitto S83 is arguably true, the OP was >>> lamenting that he couldn't use a suspension seatpost he likes that is only >>> available in the much more common 27.2mm size. No S83 is going to replace a >>> suspension seatpost if a suspension seatpost is what you want. >>> >>> Nevertheless, vintage U.S.E. suspension seatposts do occasionally become >>> available on eBay. I don't know if those are adequate replacements though. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0b93e1b4-c1c2-48de-9bb8-c3596bbaa962n%40googlegroups.com.
