CurbDestroyer

Good thing Thompson makes a Setback seatpost

FlashBazbo

For the record, I'm keeping the FSA for my 'cross bike. But I've ordered a Thomson for my road bike. (It's in a hard-to-find 31.6mm size where the 287mm Elite is actually a gram lighter than the shortest Masterpiece in that size.) I've got to see what the fuss is about. Plus, there's the annoying and unpredictable saddle creep with the Easton post I've got on that bike.

I'll give up about 40g going to the Thomson but, if it eliminates the saddle creep, it will be worth it.

schnee

I used to think that, but the Thomson really is worth the money.
- Three other posts I had would creep down over time. Thomson has some very fine milled-in horizontal texture that provides the grip to prevent that.
- Two of those other posts would creak and make noise that I couldn't get rid of no matter how I tried. Thomson is silent on all three of my bikes.

It's not the only post that's good, to be sure, and there are cheaper ones that will do exactly what you want just fine. It's just been incredibly annoying to spend the time (and money) to diagnose the other problems I had with seatposts, and now that I've found a brand that's reliable, I stick with them. Sure, it's more expensive than many, but so is going through three different posts to get rid of a squeak... not to mention my time.