Does anyone know if the seatpost can be replaced? Litespeed has the DA configured Blade with a Real Design post and the Ultegra configured Blade with a Litespeed post.
Hey Antbear,
When I bought the frameset I asked what were the options for seatpost... No options... just realdesign was the answer that I got it...
I think that Blade, Lucero and Tiphoon use the same post..
Luiz
i have a stuffed animal named dogbear. are you related by chance? i did adopt him…he has a yellow star for a heart.
could be but probably not. Antbear is the mascot of the Universoty of California, Irvine. Antbear is the “formal” name for an Anteater. UC Irvine wanted to keep the “bear”, like UCLA and Cal.
yes, guess there is no relation. shucks.
Shame on you to put down our beloved Anteater!
Who said UCI wanted to keep “bear” around?
The student body voted unanimously for “Anteater”.
Splitter! Bears go home!
Go Anteaters!
What the heck is the real difference between a Real Design seat post and a Litespeed post? I just ordered a new Litespeed road bike and it comes with the Litespeed post. I got the Ultegra 10 but like someone suggested if I went with DA, it came with Real Design. They kinda looked the same to me. Is one considered better than the other?
I don’t really get Real Design. Are they shooting for place in the OEM market outside of ABG or are they just a captive brand for ABG spec’d bikes? My bike also is coming with RD wheels and fork. They look good to me but what the hell do I know…
I think Real Design is ABG’s Bontrager.
Anteater or Antbear…do we get any respect from anyone? I guess it is better than banana slugs or has that changed?
I think UC Santa Cruz is still in fear of kids pouring salt on them. Up where I live is Sonoma State University and they used to be called the Cossacks. They recently changed it to SeaWolves (WTF?) since some PC wackos said Cossacks were guilty of raping and pillaging during the russian revelution.