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2014-01-24 10:52 AM

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Subject: reversing seat post
I have an fsa seat post that isn't meant to be reversible as far as I can tell, but I gave it a try and turned it around to get it set forward and it seems to work. Does anyone know if this is or is not a safe decision? Any chance the weight being applied in a slightly different direction might cause it to break? I weigh 190-195ish.
I did this in conjunction with some clip on aero bars in case anyone was wondering why I am crazy.


2014-01-25 10:32 AM
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Subject: RE: reversing seat post
It's more than likely safe (you are changing the stress on the seat post, but FSA doesn't really make anything super light so you should have enough material to withstand the change in force).

That being said, why are you moving your position? You're much better off changing the position of your aero bars to you, then you to the aero bars…. Think about it this way, the first parameter you fix in a bike fit is the riders position in relation to the bottom bracket and then everything else is adjusted from this fixed point.
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