Originally Posted by
bward1028
ordered a thompson straight post online and was sent a setback post instead. before i decide whether to return it or not, what's the real difference? how big of a change am i going to notice between the two?
is it going to be aesthetic more than anything?
is there any point to asking this without trying it out first?
currently riding a bianchi giro with a setback post and 90mm stem.
Yeah, keep in mind that a Thomson setback post looks like it's really set waaaay back because of the freaky angle, but in fact because of the "on-top" design of the clamp it is actually set back less than your average "set back" post.