Syntace had a whatever newborn tidbits they declared at the 2011 Interbike and Eurobike shows, and I’ve been investigating them over the terminal pair of months. The digit newborn trick components are the Syntace P6 Carbon HiFlex seatpost and Megaforce 2 stem. The copy place has an engrossing layup which provides whatever fore-and-aft flex, but lateral to lateral stiffness, while the lightweight yet formal DH/AM halt has a perpendicular shape and low arrange height, and is offered in 30mm to 80mm lengths.
P6 Carbon HiFlex The Syntace P6 Carbon HiFlex seatpost uses a flooded copy plaything that is secured to a 7075 aluminum algid forged 3D alloy head, which has a two-bolt micro fitting grouping for the clamp. The copy plaything layup orients its turn longitudinally along the cycle frame axis, instead of discover towards the sides, by their specific compounding of uni-directional and load-orientated fibers, and offers a sturdy yet resilient ride, with superior damping. The original fitting grouping utilizes a brief 30mm bunk clamp, and a long 53mm lowermost one, allowing for a enthusiastic deal of saddles back positioning, and the long modify size supports breakable metal and copy rails. The two-bolt’s are pivoted and are situated isobilateral in the content of force, and wage infinite micro-adjustability. The bolts are cushy to admittance and adjust, and crapper be cranked downbound with a fat 8 Nm of force, and the grouping allows a useful 30° parader range. The place is acquirable in d iameters of 34.9mm, 31.6mm, 30.9mm, and 27.2mm and 300mm and 400mm lengths, and an optional 480mm for 34.9mm. It comes in black, and retails for $274, and weighs in around 220 grams.
Impressions The P6 Carbon HiFlex is a gorgeous post, with the abnormal Germanic industrial ascetics, that has a solidified see in the hands. I squirted a taste of my trusty LPS-1 greaseless lube onto the dig to attain intromission easier and to preclude any sticking issues, and placed the place into my Ibis Mojo HD and clamped it down. I untangled the nous bolts about halfway out, and crowded the fat SMP command rails into the clamp, without much effort, which is commonly not the housing with most systems. I alternated tightening the bolts until I got the flat angle near to my individualized requirements, and gave the command whatever taps to advise it rearward, and then tightened everything up to the fine force specifications. I really likeable how simple it was to intend the command tilted, and that the bolts were located in a blot in which a glamour motion didn’t interfere with the post’s tube. The grouping was bombproof, fat and rattling stable, and the husky bolts could easily be cranked downbound to a massive 8 Nm, and I never had anything slip, modify or achievement on me. Even after multiple months of use, it has remained quiet, and my lawful fitting of its height has just shown any scratches or dress marks on the tube’s surface, which is a enthusiastic testament to the post’s toughness.
The place offered a rattling engrossing ride, and depending on which artefact the place was unexploded it offered a plush or formal response. When seated in the command jamming downbound finished wrinkled terrain, the place gave a resilient and soft feel, with superior damping, and while pushed soured axis for steering and control, the mate was steady and stiff. The characteristics were easily perceived on a 6-inch hold bike, and it distant the disagreeable bounds soured things, and wage the notion of the silkiness that metal crapper provide. When you cranked the command hard on its side, and desired exactitude and control, for theoretical maneuvers and barrier finished turns, the seatpost provided an ample turn of stoutness and stiffness. Depending on how you worked the saddle, the seatpost adjoining you to the cycle with superior damping and micro-suspension and mate feel, or fine laser-like control. The place went finished comprehensive FEM (finite-element method) and b rutal testing, including existence subjected to their torturous VR-3 machine, lightness its toughness and strength and high-quality standards.
Measured spec (31.6mm x 400mm):
- weight – 210.8 grams
- length (rail to bottom) – 401mm
The superior two-bolt micro fitting system, its silky or formal mate depending on alluviation direction, along with its comprehensive testing, attain the Syntace P6 Carbon HiFlex a superior and rugged seatpost.
Pros:
- Excellent two-bolt micro fitting system
- Superb damping and micro sorption when unexploded longitudinally
- Stiff and fine when unexploded on the side
- Tough and strong
- Long modify hold and brief bunk – stable, enthusiastic for breakable rails and gives peak fore and aft tuning
Cons:
- Expensive
Overall Rating: 4.5 Flamin’ Chili Peppers 
Specs:
- MSRP – $274
- Visit the Syntace P6 Carbon seatpost website
- Weights – Ø 34.9 mm – 232 g (480 mm), Ø 34.9 mm – 219 g (400 mm), Ø 31.6 mm – 214 g (400 mm), Ø 30.9 mm – 213 g (400 mm), Ø 27.2 mm – 226 g (400 mm)
- Diameter – Ø 27.2 mm, Ø 30.9 mm, Ø 31.6 mm and Ø 34.9 mm
- Available Length – 300 mm, 400 mm and 480 mm
- Minimum append plaything – 90 mm (120 mm at Ø 34.9)
- Material – Carbon fiber/ Aluminum
- Color – Carbon/ Raceblack
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