Campagnolo will NEVER be inexpensive! To even imagine anything so blasphemous is outright heresy. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes estates, CA
> Slightly off-topic but i cannot help myself ...
>
> Performance bike sells a seatpost that could be considered a "modern"
> version of campagnolo nuovo record - minus 110 grams of weight! At
> our local shop they are closing these out for $10/ea. They weigh 190
> grams, they are full aluminum, and they are micro-adjusting, with
> allen bolts below the post (no silly tools required!), and the post
> has a beautiful satin anodized finish. The neck is a little scary
> looking (the photo hides how thin it really tapers) and the only
> downside is the word "Forte'" on the front before the tapering starts.
>
> This is a generic asian post offered under other product names and
> probably available through QBP and therefore at CR sponsor shops.
>
> This is the first post i've seen with nonzero setback BUT YET the
> designers have been able to drill out the post all the way up to the
> lightened mounting head, hence sub-200 grams.
>
> http://www.performancebike.com/
>
> If campagnolo hadn't lost its way, I think this is what the nuovo
> record component group would be carrying in its product line today.
> Simple, elegant, technologically advanced, and inexpensive to boot!
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA