The bike I am talking about is a Fuji SST which has a seat post mast which I wouldn't be able to use the Cane Creek tudbusters. I rode a bike in the past with one of these post and it was nice but I would say would be a little excessive even for these rough spring Missouri paved roads.

I think its more an issue of fit and not equipment. I probably should just play around with saddle adjustment up/down and forwards/backwards. I just wanted to see if any of my ideas seemed outlandish or crazy or maybe there was something I was overlooking....