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Another Hylix seatpost review. I ordered one without graphics at no extra cost for £58. It's really light 159g in a 400mm x 27.2 fiddly as fuck to set up and adjust because it's really hard to access the front bolt. I couldn't get a torque wrench in there just a mini multitool allen key. It feels rock solid no creaking or bolts working loose after riding on rough roads which seems to be a common complaint with these and T-bar seatposts in general. I accidentally over torqued the clamp slightly on installation as my seatpost clamp says 6nm i checked only checked the instructions for the post a couple of days later and it says 4.5nm max on the post so i backed it off. Nothing bad happened I'm sure someone on here had one crimp/crack at 5nm. I don't know if these have got better or i just got a good one as I've experienced none of the problems others have had with these. The UD carbon finish is abit unusual and not the best looking it's got an orange peel ripple effect on it and the lacquer is on the shiny side of satin rather than matt. Not perfect but light for the money and mine is surprisingly solid feeling.
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