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Control Tech
Suspension Seatpost
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Submitted by
Walter Ford
a Racer
from Sacramento
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything in Marin, what's left anyway!! | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | VERY heavy I have the SU-2 | | Similar Products Used: | Rockshox | | Bike Setup: | '99 Homegrown custom, 80mm SID XC, Nukeproof hubs, Velocity Rims, XT gruppo | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line buy the Rock shox post, it is lighter and more adjustable, this is a PIG, I get about 3/8 travel at best, it is sticky and barely works, for the money I am very dissapointed. Lots of looseness in the post out of the box, it will turn about 10 deg from side to side.... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seth wealing
a Cross-Country Rider
from Indiana
Date Reviewed: April 29, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
very even travel. smoothness of the travel is a huge plus. super adjustable if you know how to work on them | | Weaknesses: |
didn't come pre lubed. had to take apart and butter it with slick honey | | Bike Setup: |
i use this post on a 9800 trek carbon hardtail, and it takes the bouncing rear end and keeps it on the ground | | Bottom Line: | this is the bset post out there. as far as the dirt goes, i race in mud fests every race, and i just put a lizard skin for front forks on it, and it keeps all mud/gunk out. super good product | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross-Country Rider
from Salt Lake ity
Date Reviewed: March 19, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Weaknesses: |
Poor design at best | | Bottom Line: | This post was heavy and had limited travel. My biggest complaint was that the design allowed dirt to get into the post and badly gouge the slider tube and ruin the performance. The post actually seized up twice in muddy conditions. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a cross-country rider
from Boston
Date Reviewed: March 1, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
It's a great post. I've used a couple of the U.S.E., and had them rock all over the place after just a few rides. The Control Tech isn't cheap, but it's solid and works well. It's a super simple design, too, and relatively easy to work on and set up. Another good product from the folks in Washington | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a cross-country rider
from PA
Date Reviewed: February 12, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I've purchased two of these posts. On the plus side, the workmanship is very good. Also, the posts come in a few sizes that, at least for us, eliminated the need to use seat tube shims. However, there are many drawbacks. Suspension travel is minimal. I weigh 175 and even with the firm elastomers and lots of preload I get about 0.75 inch of sag and 0.25 inch of actual suspension travel. These posts do not use a rubber dust boot. Instead, there is a hard plastic outer tube that covers the internals and slides up and down with the suspension action. This gives the post a clean look and is useful for measuring suspension travel (use a zip tie). Unfortunately, this outer tube traps mud and dirt, essentially putting the nasty stuff in the post rather than keeping it out! My 27.2 post is badly gouged by dirt that gets trapped by the boot. Another drawback is weight. These are heavy posts--the 27.2 weighs 490 grams. Finally, they're not cheap. To summarize, these are heavy, expensive suspension posts that offer minimal travel and are prone to dirt contamination. I give it one star--three for an average product, less two because I expected a lot more from a Control Tech product.
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