I know this subject has probably been beaten to death already. I did a search and could not find anything recent or relevant.

I'm looking for 27.2 x (min 300 length) setback seatpost for my Trek 7.4FX. The current stock seatpost does not allow me to set the seat angle where I would like it to be. My main criteria includes... 1. Keeping the price under $50. 2. Micro-adjustable (2 bolt would be nice). 3. Longevity.

I was looking at the Crank Brothers Cobalt 3 but the reviews were more on the negative side. The Thomson Elite is a little too expensive. There seem to be a couple of Ritchey posts that are in my price ranged. If I have to go above my price point, I can. I plan on keeping this bike for a long time so I would like something that's going to hang-in there with me over the years. This would also mean I pretty much install, adjust and forget about it.

Thanks,
TMT

By setback, do you mean a post with an offset head, or a true layback post like the Thomson layback ? --

For something as important as a seatpost , i'd bite the bullet and get a Thomson, but thats me --- the only setback one i a m aware of though is the layback post


The post on my bike has quite a bit of setback -- enough that i run the seat forward -- i could really use a Thomson zero offset myself -- but its a good quality Easton post , (either an EA 50 or EA 70 , i dont know which ) -- if i had the seat in the middle of the adjustment range , it would really be back there for my tastes (longer legs than arms )

I dont know what the post cost now - but an Easton alloy post wasn't a lot of money when i built my bike a few years back

Update: It appears I will not be needing a new seatpost. I flipped my stock stem the other day and the new position has me on my saddle in a much more comfortable position than before.