Some Rivs have a 29.8 seat post - the large Clem for instance. Laing
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM Evan Timms <evanti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. New to the group, and new to the 26.8 o.d. seat-post size. Also > newly realizing that the seat post diameters of most rivs aren’t compatible > with [maybe] any suspension seat post manufacturer. I use a Cane Creek EE > Silk + on my other bike and love the hell out of it. I’m building a Susie > frame that I bought off of a kind person in Blacksburg, but have become > accustomed to a little vibrational relief on the lower back. > > For those of you who would like to or have ever considered wanting a > suspension seat post with your Riv...whether road, urban, or off-road, > which of the suspension seat posts on the market would you most like to see > in 26.8, and why? > > Not sure who I think I am, but part of me wants to reach out to Cane Creek > to see if they’ll do a limited run of the Ee Silk + in the slightly > modified diameter. It can’t be that difficult, but I suppose the question > would be, do they have to get it safety tested, which would be > prohibitively expensive. > > I also understand that Rivs are likely more comfortable than other bike > brands, with some built-in compliance, and that I can run lower pressure in > wider tires, I have a degenerated lower disc in my back where a suspension > seat post would benefit greatly. > > I look forward to hearing all of your perspectives. -Evan > > -- > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6b2c4d26-0c07-4e7c-980f-12bbbe984857n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6b2c4d26-0c07-4e7c-980f-12bbbe984857n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADXkOiNiNVoJyyvBMBRhA7QUN0eaQ-MtxiQuPnQwnEaQ3jQNYg%40mail.gmail.com.
