The ground breaking Elite seat post, designed by founder (LH) Ronnie Thomson has become the industry standard. Let all other seat posts be judged!
Forged clamps, integrally machined head, and an elliptically extruded 7000 series aluminum body make the Elite and the Setback Elite industry pinnacles for strength, and ease of adjustment.
Features of the Thomson Elite Seat Post
- The Elite is over 40% stronger on ultimate strength tests than the strongest production seat posts on the market.
- The Elite has double the fatigue life over any other production seat post models Thomson tested.
- The tube and head of the Thomson seat post are integral-machined from one piece of high strength 7000 series aluminum. The head is not pressed or bonded in. This allows for superior strength and minimum weight.
- The Thomson Elite is incredibly lightweight, approximately 201 grams (250 length) for road bikes and 228 grams (330 length) for mountain bikes.
- The natural ellipse bore inside tube creates an optimum strength-to-weight ratio.
- The Elite seatpost has a long 1.614 inch (41 mm) seat rail grip length. This helps prevent seat rail bending from impact loads. Most other seat posts have grip lengths of at least 0.500 inches shorter than the Thomson grip length.
- The Thomson seat post design incorporates a bending fuse to prevent catastrophic failure.
- The Thomson seat post has a clamp, head, and upper tube strong enough to withstand 350 foot-lbs of torque. The tube will start to yield and bend at the seat tube clamp at about 250 foot-lbs of torque. Under severe impact the Thomson seat post will bend slightly and allow the rider to come to a safe stop or finish the ride.
- All Thomson seat posts feature infinite tilt adjustment from minus 5° and plus 29°.
- The seatpost has very low profile clamps, this means no seat interference as the swivel nuts are bolted down between the seat rails.
- The designs and materials used in the Thomson Elite have passed the most rigorous extensive life and ultimate strength tests.
