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  1. I just out to ride, and after about 7 minutes, I broke my stupid
    seatpost😠

    Here's my question. Should I buy a new KH seatpost, or should I upgrade
    to a thomson/ derail base? Obviously, one option is alot chaper than
    the other, but I realy don't want to keep breaking stuff.

    if I upgraded, I could switch the seat back and forth from my soon to
    be built muni, but is it worth it?

    -Miles

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  2. hey miles,

    What about a chro-mo seatpost? They are a bit heavier but will last
    heaps longer. They are a whole heap less expensive than thompson posts
    too.

    Cheers,
    Max

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  3. Getting a derail base and thompson is going overboard for breaking a kh
    seatpost.

    Darren might have a steel one in 27.2. Another option would be get a
    steel 25.4 and shim it.

    You could get the new base / thompon but there are cheaper ways.

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    Spencer Hochberg

    (disclaimer: i may not know what i am talking about)

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    Something smells... is it me? or that sewer I fell in?

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  4. Spencer Hochberg said:

    Getting a derail base and thompson is going overboard for breaking a kh
    seatpost.

    Darren might have a steel one in 27.2. Another option would be get a
    steel 25.4 and shim it.

    You could get the new base / thompon but there are cheaper ways.

    Yea but it's highly unlikely that he's going to break those components,
    whereas the Cromo seatposts are just as prone to failure. Speaking from
    experience (5 broken seatposts, 6 broken seats) i'd go for the Thomson
    combination, i've got it and it's lasted me really well.

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  5. The cromo ones are at least alot stronger than the stock kh posts. Since
    he is really light and doesn't do big stuff it would probably last him
    a while.

    The CF/thompson would be stronger but that is like 15 times the price
    of a steel post. But then again from all of Miles's posts it seems like
    he has a lot of money and wants to spend it on stuff.

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    Something smells... is it me? or that sewer I fell in?

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  6. Get whatever you can afford, but realize that every dollar you spend to
    upgrade your seatbase and post is a dollar you can't spend on a new
    muni.

    Aren't you like 80 lbs? If so just get a new slightly beefier post for
    little money.

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  7. How old your unicycle?
    I think he improved them so they are stronger now.

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  8. my uni is like 6 months old? I'm not sure. I actually don't have alot of
    money, I just like to think of different ways I can spend it on uni
    stuff. right now I have about $450, but my bar mitvah is in september
    so I think I'll get alot of money from that because all my friends did.
    I'll checkout the bedford price list now.

    -Miles

    edit: I think I have the reeinforced one, but I broke off half of the
    peice that connects the seat. I only have 2 bolts holding it on now,
    and it wiggles like crazy and I'll probably break the remaining 2.

    edit: so I should get a 24.5 cromo seatpost with a shim?

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  9. I think I'm just going to get the KH one, and risk the chance of
    breaking it. all the steel ones were rail posts.

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  10. Why not get a Primo. They're only around $15.00.
    http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=602

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