What is this weird seat post?
02-17-19 | 09:12 AM
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What is this weird seat post?
Its a Campy micro adjust knockoff. Can anyone make out the first word?
02-17-19 | 09:32 AM
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I put crπep into a popular Search Engine and I got a seatpost image and the second of a few Japanese language entries mentions: "crπep rider".
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02-17-19 | 09:42 AM
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02-17-19 | 11:12 AM
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I assume it was meant to be "Super" in Cyrillic, but "Hupel" is a lot cooler. 
02-17-19 | 06:22 PM
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Thanks for all the info guys! I assumed that it was added by the owner for the micro-adjust. Interesting to see that it was original equipment.
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02-17-19 | 06:35 PM
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I keep seeing "Creep Rider" when I read it. 
02-18-19 | 12:18 AM
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What I want to know is what kinda bike has a double top tube like that? It doesn't look like a standard mite, from that angle.
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02-18-19 | 12:26 AM
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If that's a Hupel Rider the post is very soft metal. My Fuji Pro came with one. Racing down from Smuggler's Notch, I hit a frost heave going 50+ and got tossed a couple of feet into the air by my derriere. Bike came down seemingly fine. Finished the race, then discovered the post was significant'y bent back. (The happy ending - I won a Zeus post.)
Edit: that soft metal might well account for some of the scarring on the OP's post.
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Edit: that soft metal might well account for some of the scarring on the OP's post.
Ben
02-18-19 | 05:54 AM
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02-18-19 | 06:16 AM
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If that's a Hupel Rider the post is very soft metal. My Fuji Pro came with one. Racing down from Smuggler's Notch, I hit a frost heave going 50+ and got tossed a couple of feet into the air by my derriere. Bike came down seemingly fine. Finished the race, then discovered the post was significant'y bent back. (The happy ending - I won a Zeus post.)
Edit: that soft metal might well account for some of the scarring on the OP's post.
Ben
Edit: that soft metal might well account for some of the scarring on the OP's post.
Ben
02-18-19 | 06:25 AM
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