With seat clamp what is the benefit of one like this vs a collar?
Imo, it's cleaner looking than a separate collar, and there's less opportunity for dirt to work its way in and cause annoying crunchy sounds
Downsides are that you can't use a quick release, and ham-fistedly stripping the threads isn't as easily solved as just buying a new collar, but dropper posts have kind of done away with quick releases, and stripping a big steel thread takes quite some doing
Imo, it's cleaner looking than a separate collar, and there's less opportunity for dirt to work its way in and cause annoying crunchy sounds
Downsides are that you can't use a quick release, and ham-fistedly stripping the threads isn't as easily solved as just buying a new collar, but dropper posts have kind of done away with quick releases, and stripping a big steel thread takes quite some doing