Why?
Comfort
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"By far one of the wildest new parts seen was this adjustable FSA seatpost that was mounted on Ivan Basso’s Cannondale SuperSix Evo. The post can be rotated by hand while being ridden to go up or down in in 1mm increments with an overall range if of 5mm. Basso said he really likes the ability to raise and lower the post to get more power on different parts of the course. Strange, but true!"
Sounds like the Cannibal.
"By far one of the wildest new parts seen was this adjustable FSA seatpost that was mounted on Ivan Basso’s Cannondale SuperSix Evo. The post can be rotated by hand while being ridden to go up or down in in 1mm increments with an overall range if of 5mm. Basso said he really likes the ability to raise and lower the post to get more power on different parts of the course.
Interesting. So then the question arises, where (on what part of the course) do road riders typically want their seats a few mm higher? And where a few mm lower? Does the higher position give the riders “more power”? Or is it the lower position that supposedly does this?
Camouflage to hide the battery for the Gruber in the BB 
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While it sounds wild, Eddy Merckx often did this during races via the bike mechanic riding in the team vehicle next to him while going down the road. I remember watching a few older video’s thinking ‘What the heck?’ I believe slightly higher is supposed to give a little more power but is a more stress on the knees. Not something you hear/see often during races nowadays…
You have likely heard of riders shifting “back in the saddle” during climbs - by raising the saddle a few mm’s, the rider may get a similar effect
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This is what happens when your bike comes in over a pound under the weight limit…
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Like I said sounds like The Cannibal…
When you’ve got to add 3/4 of a pound to your bike to hit the UCI minimum stuff like this starts to seem like a good idea.
Yes but Eddy had a noted leg length discrepancy and was famous for fiddling with his seat. Read Pruitt’s book - he talks about fitting Axel.
I think the idea is a lower position on the climbs…it’s not really a lower position…it’s actually effectively higher as the rider moves further back on the saddle…yes…sounds like the Cannibal…and yes, bring back the seat shifter!!!
“By far one of the wildest new parts seen was this adjustable FSA seatpost that was mounted on Ivan Basso’s Cannondale SuperSix Evo. The post can be rotated by hand while being ridden to go up or down in in 1mm increments with an overall range if of 5mm. Basso said he really likes the ability to raise and lower the post to get more power on different parts of the course. Strange, but true!”
http://www.roadbikeaction.com/...Seen-On-Day-One.html
Sounds like the Cannibal.
If you’re going to go to the trouble of designing something like this, why limit the range to 5mm? Heck, my seat height changes more than that depending on which pair of shorts I’m wearing.
If you’re going to go to the trouble of designing something like this, why limit the range to 5mm? Heck, my seat height changes more than that depending on which pair of shorts I’m wearing.
True, but this might be just an initial tester or proto. If one comes out (for road use, there’s lots of them for off road use), I would imagine it would have more travel. At least that would make sense to me.
Why stop with just ‘up or down’ adjustment?
I bet the UCI would be thrilled to see a seatpost allowing 2-3cm fore-aft adjustment.
Once that post arrived good luck with the 5cm BB rule…lol.
As the current seat post goes down it also moves forward. Fromm what people have said the 5 cm rule is widely ignored by the UCI for roadbikes though.
Styrrell
Why stop at 5mm? You can get a Crank Brothers Joplin that gives you 100mm. </ pink>
Why not if the bike ends up at the UCI limit…?