ITM seat post broke

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What did break?

Quoted message said:

What's the best post (well best post around £50/$90) to replace it
with?

I vote for Thomson Elite.

Lou

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Lou Holtman said:

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What did break?

Quoted message said:

What's the best post (well best post around £50/$90) to replace it
with?

I vote for Thomson Elite.

Lou

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The "seat mounting bit" became unstuck from the "seat post tube bit".
The photos linked above show the damage.
R.

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Lou Holtman said:

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What did break?

Quoted message said:

What's the best post (well best post around £50/$90) to replace it
with?

I vote for Thomson Elite.

Lou

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The "seat mounting bit" became unstuck from the "seat post tube bit".
The photos linked above show the damage.
R.

Ah I missed that. A Thomson post is the solution for that problem for sure
because it's milled from one piece of aluminium.

Lou

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What's the best post (well best post around £50/$90) to replace it
with?

R.

Photographic evidence here ->http://lbrc.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=15

Thompson or Ritchey.

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What's the best post (well best post around £50/$90) to replace it
with?

R.

Photographic evidence here ->http://lbrc.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=15

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea. Add those 20-30 grams to something and geee, it does add up, to
maybe a pound or two..on a 200 pound rider and bike package-reality,
what a concept.

On Mar 15, 8:49 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea.

I like that. Short, simple and practical - an excellent rule!

But I doubt that Buycycling magazine is going to use it as a
headline. ;-)

- Frank Krygowski

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What's the best post (well best post around £50/$90) to replace it
with?

R.

Photographic evidence here ->http://lbrc.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=15

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea. Add those 20-30 grams to something and geee, it does add up, to
maybe a pound or two..on a 200 pound rider and bike package-reality,
what a concept.

Another aspect of the weight limit:
how do you know they got it right?

Michael Press said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea. Add those 20-30 grams to something and geee, it does add up, to
maybe a pound or two..on a 200 pound rider and bike package-reality,
what a concept.

Another aspect of the weight limit:
how do you know they got it right?

They feed me one Burrito Boyz small steak with guac at a time, have me
take the part for a spin up Adelaide Street and back on Richmond, and
repeat until it breaks. Then they weigh me and add 50gm for every 100
cm^2 of bloodstains on the pavement.

It's a living.

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

What's the best post (well best post around �50/$90) to replace it
with?

R.

Photographic evidence here ->http://lbrc.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=15

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea.

i don't agree. cheap unreliable [censored] has no weight limit, but it's
still cheap unreliable [censored]. stuff with a weight limit does at least
have some lifetime expectation associated with it. if you want to avoid
approaching the limit and have a rule of thumb, go for the componentry
that's one step down from the stuff with the weight limit. and /still/
have a program of regular inspection and periodic replacement on vital
stuff like bars and stems.

Quoted message said:

Add those 20-30 grams to something and geee, it does add up, to
maybe a pound or two..on a 200 pound rider and bike package-reality,
what a concept.

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Brian Huntley said:

Michael Press said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea. Add those 20-30 grams to something and geee, it does add up, to
maybe a pound or two..on a 200 pound rider and bike package-reality,
what a concept.

Another aspect of the weight limit:
how do you know they got it right?

They feed me one Burrito Boyz small steak with guac at a time, have me
take the part for a spin up Adelaide Street and back on Richmond, and
repeat until it breaks. Then they weigh me and add 50gm for every 100
cm^2 of bloodstains on the pavement.

It's a living.

Bless you, taking one for the team.
--
Michael Press

jim beam said:

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea.

i don't agree. cheap unreliable [censored] has no weight limit, but it's
still cheap unreliable [censored]. stuff with a weight limit does at least
have some lifetime expectation associated with it.

Come to think of it, Worksman trikes have a (450 lb.) weight limit,
and they seem to last a really long time. ;^)

Chalo

jim beam said:

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

richard said:

Anyone else had their ITM Forged Lite Alu Carbon seat post break
lately? I've heard fat people moaning about 70kg limits - I'd thought
I might be safe - I weigh 74kg - but evidently not.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What's the best post (well best post around ?50/$90) to replace it
with?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

R.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Photographic evidence here ->http://lbrc.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=15

Quoted message said:

I think any bike part that has rider weight limit is probably a bad
idea.

i don't agree. cheap unreliable [censored] has no weight limit, but it's
still cheap unreliable [censored].

Kalloy Uno seatpost, cheap, reliable '[censored]'...that maybe weighs 50
grams more than a boutique, weight-limited piece of [censored] that costs 10
times as much and broke....

stuff with a weight limit does at least

Quoted message said:

have some lifetime expectation associated with it. if you want to avoid
approaching the limit and have a rule of thumb, go for the componentry
that's one step down from the stuff with the weight limit. and /still/
have a program of regular inspection and periodic replacement on vital
stuff like bars and stems.

Quoted message said:

Add those 20-30 grams to something and geee, it does add up, to
maybe a pound or two..on a 200 pound rider and bike package-reality,
what a concept.