My new seatpost arrived today. For this photo, I removed the top brackets which clamp onto the seat rails to show off the one-piece design of the post and crown. The post is slightly ribbed – there are very fine grooves on the surface. I presume this is to help prevent slippage in the seat tube. Or perhaps it’s just because it looks awesome up close.

I’m considering now that the seatpost may be the nicest component on my bike. Hmm.