The saddle clamps are of the sandwich type and are fixed by two bolts. However the mounting of my WTB Volt saddle was…… curse inducing. Setting up the additional spring for my weight and pre-loading the springs was a breeze, as alluded to earlier. But expectations are that the bumps and vibrations gobbled by the design would make up for the additional weight. Obviously, the weight was felt in the hand. We have reviewed another linkage based post design which didn’t have as sleek a look. The MSRP for the Redshift Sports Shock stop Seat Post is $229.99USDįirst Impressions: Out of the box the post looked sleek and tidy for a suspension seat post that utilizes a linkage.
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Compare this with a PRO aluminum seat post which weighs 288 gm.
The example sent to ’s headquarters weighed in at 557 gm.
Of course, all this mechanism and complexity comes at a bit of a weight penalty. Their are suggested settings in the detailed instructions for the post. Final fine tuning can be achieved by turning the pre-load cap in or by backing it out. Note: The outer, larger diameter spring MUST always be used according to Redshift Sports.
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Plus there is a video if you don’t like to read! I did have to utilize the inner spring and it took all of about five minutes to install. This spring will require a disassembly of the post, but it is easy to do and Redshift has a nice set of instructions to guide you through that process.
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Typically the rider will only need one spring, (the bigger one shown), but heavier riders will need to install the inner spring as well.Īn extra spring is provided for riders weighing over 198lbs. The technical specs on the post, as listed on Redshift’s site, are as follows: Diameter The seat clamp is a two bolt affair squeezed into a tight place under the head of the post and this and the back end of the linkage is protected from the elements by a nifty magnetic cover which is tethered to the clamp head in case it gets knocked loose, which I think would be tough to do since it utilizes one of those strong neodymium magnets. The preload is handled by a threaded cap which is at the bottom of the shaft. Redshift solved that by using a tidy, compact parallelogram style linkage which drives the spring via a shaft which pushes down on the top of a piston sitting on top of the coil spring. A closer look at the linkage, (shown here with the magnetic dust cover off). In the typical coil sprung hybrid post, the spring is driven by a telescopic shaft which presents problems with rotation of the head and plenty of resistance to initial movement, which is typically known as “ stiction“. The big difference here is how that spring is activated. In fact, it may remind some of you of typical hybrid bike suspension seat posts in that the coil spring is housed within the shaft of the seat post itself. It is about as simple a design as you can get. What It Is: The Redshift Shock Stop Seat Post is a parallelogram type linkage post utilizing a coil spring and no damping mechanism. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s take a closer look at this suspension seat post from Redshift. We also have a unique opportunity here in that we have three testers on this post and so we should be able to bring a varied perspective from three different parts of the country. The stem is such a great, simple, unobtrusive way to add a touch of control and comfort that anything less in the seat post would be seen as a step backward by us here at Riding Gravel.
So, are we a bit biased? Probably, but with very high expectations. The Redshift Sports Shock Stop Seat Post comes with some high expectations from us at Riding Gravel.
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