I have some new bits for my bikes that I want to share with you. First up is a NC17 seat post. It’s not the lightest thing out there, but as I am a respectable hunk over the 200-lb mark, light ain’t on the menu for the most part. What I like is the unlimited adjustability of it. It is replacing a Thompson seat post with no setback and limited adjustability. Have a look.

So the rails of your saddle set nicely where those two tube-things are and it fits both 8 and 9mm rails. (I”m still thinking of a use for them. Any ideas are welcome…) The silver nut below the rails controls how far forward or back your saddle sits. The two underneath the ‘butt’ of the saddle hold it firmly in place, while loosening them allows the saddle to be tilted up or down in incredibly small increments with the big red knob. (1-degree, I believe.) Get it to where you want it, then tighten it all down and you’re ready to roll.

What I like most about it, it it fits 3 of my bikes and with it’s adjustability, it allows me to have one post for all 3, and with a small amount of fiddling, I can have my Brooks saddle always under my fat, slow ass. Isn’t that special?

—me.

(More updates later as I start logging miles on it.)