Carbon Comfort Seapost by Canyon Bikes via Cyclingnews
One of the most interesting things in the Canyon booth wasn't a frame or bike at all but rather an ingeniously clever carbon fiber seatpost.
The new VCLS Flat Spring Post is actually two separate semicircular carbon fiber shafts that are joined up top with a extremely low-profile pivoting head but otherwise free to slide against each other. Tilt adjustments are done by hand – just undo the seatpost collar, manually tilt the seat, then retighten – while independent fore-aft adjustments can be made by loosening a pair of easily accessed bolts. The head can also be flipped around to provide different degrees of offset.
That unique split, flat-profile carbon fiber construction is also said to be remarkably flexible under load, offering as much as 20mm of movement according to Canyon for a noticeable bump in comfort even as compared to the company's current VCLS seatpost model. It's also still very light despite the movement at a claimed 190g.
Canyon won't have the new seatpost ready for consumers until sometime in 2012 but it'll be approved for both road and mountain bike use whenever that day comes.
excerpt from cyclingnews.com
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