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Seatpost is the last part I’d expect to fail, I wouldn’t buy a bike based on how easy it’s going to be finding a replacement seatpost in the middle of nowhere. The situations where I’d expect to break a seatpost, I imagine something else would be bust anyway like in a crash.
Fair point. There are plenty of good bikes out there though and if it's a choice between two otherwise identical bikes I think you'd be mad to pick the one with the mast.
If your concern is fixability in remote areas, you’d be confined to 700c, rim brakes, steel, square taper etc etc
Sort of. Fixability is secondary to function though; (I think) it's an indisputable fact that disc brakes are better than rim brakes on a bike like this, so even though they're more difficult to replace when you're in Mongolia they're worth the hassle. The point is that this offers little functional advantage.
Anyway, I think we've pretty much done this topic now - I think it's stupid, others don't - so let's move on. Otherwise we're going to end up with pages and pages of seatpost discussion.
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Seatpost is the last part I’d expect to fail, I wouldn’t buy a bike based on how easy it’s going to be finding a replacement seatpost in the middle of nowhere. The situations where I’d expect to break a seatpost, I imagine something else would be bust anyway like in a crash.
You’ve just got the wrong idea of what it’s supposed to be. It’s not a long distance tourer or expedition bike. It’s a lightweight, off road race bike.
If your concern is fixability in remote areas, you’d be confined to 700c, rim brakes, steel, square taper etc etc
The thread you’re after is FBNPNA, not gravel