Need more setback for seatpost

"Ted" <[email hidden]> a écrit:

Quoted message said:

I'm thinking of getting a Nitto Triathlon S66 seatpost which has 50mm of
setback. Whenever I see a description of it, it says it's for moving the
seat forwards. I want to move the seat backwards though. Any reason
why I couldn't turn the seatpost around so that the clamp was facing
backwards and I would then be able to move the seat backwards?

The Nitto 66 is shaped rather like a number 7:

http://www.bikeusa.com/Merchant2/graphics/seatposts/ST9372.jpg

If you rotate it 180 degrees in the seat tube, the upper member, which
starts out roughly horizontal, is now at about 30 degrees to the horizontal.
I don't think there's enough angular adjustment in the cradle to bring the
saddle near horizontal with the post reversed, though that might depend on
your saddle. Some saddles have more slope to the rails than others.

James Thomson

Ted said:

I am trying to get my 1980 Colnago seat's position the same as a newer
bike that I have. I currently tried a new Campy Centaur seatpost but it
doesn't have enough setback. I'm thinking of getting a Nitto Triathlon
S66 seatpost which has 50mm of setback. Whenever I see a description of
it, it says it's for moving the seat forwards. I want to move the seat
backwards though. Any reason why I couldn't turn the seatpost around so
that the clamp was facing backwards and I would then be able to move
the seat backwards?

Try this:

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?category=117&subcategory=1187&brand=&sku=16273&storetype=&estoreid=&pagename=Shop%20by%20Subcat:%20ATB%20Seatposts