aluminum post ride quality & carbon frames

[VeloVT]

What Parity posted makes me remember that I actually had wanted to put a Thomson on my (newish) road bike when I got it around this time last year, and the reason I didn't was that I needed more than 16mm of setback. I remember trying to justify it anyway . Thomsons are great.

FWIW -- other than weight, the Elite and the Masterpiece are identical. I think maybe the Masterpiece is more elaborately butted? I have both -- an Elite that's on my CX and a Masterpiece I had on my old road bike (I sold the bike but kept the post) that I can't bring myself to get rid of even though it doesn't fit any of the other bikes we have right now. Anyway, side-to-side, if you took off the decals, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference by looking at them. So if you are not in super weight-weenie mode, you will not lose anything by going with the less expensive Elite.

Also -- Campy and Deda both have gorgeous two bolt carbon posts, but both were just too spendy for me.

And the one-bolt design on Bontrager carbon posts is extremely easy to use -- maybe even easier than two-bolt posts. But be forewarned that the cheaper carbon post is carbon-wrapped aluminum . And if I remember correctly the diameter/setback options are limited.