Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
^^^^
What could be so bad is seat post snaps in two , you get rectalized by remaining portion of seat post.
See The Seinfeld Fusilli Pasta episode.
Seriously, at a minimum, falling on the remains of a jagged seatpost, cutting the inside of your leg, and potentially comprimising bike handling in traffic doesn't sound like much fun.
i just don't see how it could possibly be that bad. i could never see having so much weight on my saddle the not only does the seat post shatter, but the top portion snaps off clean and falls away, and in doing so falling down onto a broken post. can you seriously envision a scenario with this happening? i don't see how it's physically possible. and even if that did happen, would not the natural/instinctive reaction be to stand in the pedals...?
but i do appreciate the Fusilli Jerry reference...