Originally Posted by
BigAura
Carbon seatposts are designed for downward compression, NOT for a lever to be clamped on and torsional pressures.
take your weight multiplied by cos(73 deg) or however much your seat tube angle is. that's how much torsional pressure is being exerted on your seat post. there's also a multiple factor in there that accounts for the setback of the saddle's center of gravity with respect to the seat post's axis of alignment. c'mon, it's an overbuilt tube, not rocket science.