Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
Yeah, really. Being very short, the most seatpost I have above the clamp on any of my road or track frames is 100mm, and tyically it's more like 50mm. The only situation where a longer seatpost is needed is on my mtb's which have uber short seat tubes. So having 200mm to 300mm of hidden seatpost is pointless.
I use one of these. Makes a really clean straight cut. Great for handlebars too. Leaves no burrs but I soften up the edge with a file anyway.