KCNC Ti Pro Lite

KCNC Ti Pro Lite
I just received my new KCNC Pro Ti lite post to replace my old Thomson Elite. I made the buy on Ebay for $90 shipped out of Great Britain. Out of the box the first thing that I noticed was the lack of weight, compared to my Thomson. The KCNC features a two bolt clamp design and elliptical center like the Thomson, the similarities end here. The KCNC has shaved the clamping pieces and decreased the wall thickness of the seat mast, the seat mast is graduated for easy post positioning and the clamp has the bolt torque spec clearly posted on both sides. The post was much lighter than my Thomson, 156.7g vs. 292.4g, thats 135.7g saved. The seat mast and clamping bits are made from scandium and the bolts are 4mm hex head made from Ti The post had a nice snug fit in the frame.. maybe to sung, mounting the saddle was by far the biggest downer of this product. The upper rail clamps are not connected to each other so this made installing the saddle rather frustrating. I tightened the bolts to 30in-lbs instead of the recommended 44in-lbs to avoid over clamping the rails. Just a quick note, if you have carbon rails you may need an even lower clamping force to avoid cracking the rails. Just riding my bike between classes at school I can notice a fair amount of flex in the post giving a noticeably softer ride.

The Good:
-Low weight, 156.7g for the 27.2x400mm
-Looks great
-Softer ride

The Bad:
-Difficult setup
-Price $107
-Skinny rail clamps may harm carbon rails.

Overall:
Great product! I am very satisfied with this buy, I was planing on buying an Easton EC90 or an Extralite Ultuapost and this is lighter than both and seems to be nice quality. Highly recommended Seat post!