26.4 Syncros seatpost wanted

kevin881

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Yo Eddy! said:
If you experience difficulties sourcing an old one, you could also go for something like a new Shannon Hardcore or Heylight mit Versatz. Those are already around for over 10 years.

http://www4.hibike.de/main.php?sessionID=E55f869a0c7d9a1e16edefe8f0f2bc5cc&method=m_catpd&nodeID=&groupID=3

http://www.heylight.de/produkte/sattelstuetzen.htm

I had written an email to heylight when we spoke about seatposts a few months ago, Melvin. I never heard back from them.

Maybe my dutch is bad. :)
 

Yo Eddy!

Member
Not surprised he didn't understand your best Dutch, as he is German :D

I guess you wrote in English and he does not respond. Too bad. Maybe he doesn't speak English??? Could be. Or he doesn't like going through the hassle of shipping 1 single post to the US??? Don't know. Unfortunately the Rogolls shop shut down. They were great. I will look whether I can find another mail order shop doing Heylight.
 

kevin881

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Yo Eddy! said:
Not surprised he didn't understand your best Dutch, as he is German :D

I guess you wrote in English and he does not respond. Too bad. Maybe he doesn't speak English??? Could be. Or he doesn't like going through the hassle of shipping 1 single post to the US??? Don't know. Unfortunately the Rogolls shop shut down. They were great. I will look whether I can find another mail order shop doing Heylight.

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Yea I wrote him in english since I dont know any other language than spanish :(

If you can find a retailer that would be awesome, and I am sure more than a few of us would appreciate it. Thanks Melvin :)
 

Yo Eddy!

Member
Hi Kevin,

The only internetshop doing the Heylight mit Versatz I found so far is =>

http://www.rennradteile.com/index.php?cat=KAT13&product=P013021
...unfortunatly their site is not available in English :( , but maybe they're capable in reading and writing it :confused: This site is available in English =>

http://www.bike-components.de/catalog/?language=en&osCsid=9abacd1d2dfb5e4f13bcaebddf4e1aba ...but they don't carry Heylight in their regular line up. Maybe they would willing to supply you one if you asked them.
 

Yo Eddy!

Member
Any good? I have one on my Rafty and so far I had no problems. Proper post, sure.

Roox posts pretty much look like Shannon Hard Core posts. Made by Shannon??? Don't know.

To some degree they are classic looking. I remember them from an era when I lost interest in what happened in the indusrty a bit. Post '95. The Shannon(though very tiny modifications) & Heylight are older.
 

kevin881

New member
Yo Eddy! said:
Hi Kevin,

The only internetshop doing the Heylight mit Versatz I found so far is =>

http://www.rennradteile.com/index.php?cat=KAT13&product=P013021
...unfortunatly their site is not available in English :( , but maybe they're capable in reading and writing it :confused: This site is available in English =>

http://www.bike-components.de/catalog/?language=en&osCsid=9abacd1d2dfb5e4f13bcaebddf4e1aba ...but they don't carry Heylight in their regular line up. Maybe they would willing to supply you one if you asked them.

thanks for the links melvin.
 

YoAnto!

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bruce t

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Interesting....

Stateside, I don't know of anyone but Kalloy that still makes 26.4 seatposts. Seems all of the higher-end, nicer posts just don't come in that size. Thomson makes every size but that one.

Those Roox seatposts look pretty nice and light -- there's also a silver one for less bucks in their Ebay store.

I finally bought a vintage 25.0 USE post for my Wicked, waiting for the LBS to get the shim in so I can use it! But if I'd seen the Roox ones, I might well have gone that way.

Keep the suggestions coming, it looks like 26.4 is still extant in Europe!!!

Thanks, bt
 

Spikes

New member
Hi Bruce,

I have seen that USE post as well and it is a very nicely made post. There is another option: you can buy a shim from USE, resizing from 25.0 to 26.4 and buy a Thomson post 25.0X330. That will look very good I think. Just a small downside: you sometimes need a longer post, I which case the Roox or Kalloy is the way to go.
 

Yo Eddy!

Member
Non USE branded shims are available for about 2 euros. With my Yo I didn't go the shim way, as I like a very tight fitting seatpost with long insert & -most important- because the rubber seal in the seatclamp would be useless than.
 

Spikes

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I ordered the Shannon from Hibike because it looks good. I'll send in a picture of the final result.
 
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