ITM Millenium Road

Price Paid:  $79.00 at LBS

Favorite Ride:
Bee Buzzin'

Bike Setup:
Bianchi Boron, Dura Ace

Summary:
Seatpost failed after 6 months.

Strengths:
None.

Weaknesses:
Weak, very weak.

Similar Products Used:
Only carbon seatpost I've tried.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at parker-international

Bike Setup:
Cannondale CAAD4. Ultegra/dura-ace.

Summary:
Nice post for the money - pretty light and looks good. But no matter what I do I can't get rid of annoying creaking (with my San Marco ERA saddle).

Strengths:
Keeps my butt off the tar.

Weaknesses:
Annoying creaks!

Similar Products Used:
USE Alien, various Kalloy.

Price Paid:  $0.00 at LBS

Favorite Ride:
Frenchtrown NJ

Bike Setup:
2001 Bianchi XL Boron, full Campy 10v, Ksyrium wheelset, Look HSC fork

Summary:
The road feel is fine, but the adjustment on the front of the clampm is a pain in the butt (pun intended).

Strengths:
Looks

Weaknesses:
front adjustmnent on seat clamp is difficult to adjust

Similar Products Used:
Campy Record Ti., American Classic

Price Paid:  $75.00 at Parker International

Favorite Ride:
tailwind please

Bike Setup:
Selle Italia Saddles

Summary:
Well made post with decent finish. Seat angle adjustments are easily made. Very functional product although the fore-aft adjustment is not so easy as the upper clamp does not easily release the rails after the initial clamping.

Strengths:
Well made, nice finish, and easy seat angle adjustment.

Weaknesses:
Rail clamping area is a bit narrow resulting in difficulty in making subtle fore/aft adjustments.

Similar Products Used:
Campy NR/SR/C record, American Classic

Favorite Ride:
fast through heavy traffic

Bike Setup:
Russ Denny track bike, Phil/Velocity/DT wheels, D/A drivetrain, King headset, Salsa stem, ITM bars

Summary:
I got this post because it was one of the few newer, lightweight posts with any setback that I could find (and it was in black, which just matches my bike). I messed with this thing for probably an hour to get it set right with my Brooks Swift but it turns out that it's just not possible to angle it down far enough given that the rails are pretty much parallel to the top of the saddle.

So I put on a SLR (bitter review of this saddle later) and I got it setup right, but it was a pain in the ass to adjust. It's difficult to reach the front bolt to change the seat angle, at least when the saddle's on. It seemed pretty solid once I had it set, but given I was working on a new saddle, it took a while to get there and this post was not nearly as easy to adjust as a single-bolt design.

For ease of adjustability and ability to get back on a Brooks, I'm looking elsewhere, maybe a Salsa Shaft or forget the lightweight (luckily I only weigh about 140lbs and don't ride like a hack, so I'm not too worried about it being crazy strong) and get a nice Nitto or something.

Strengths:
doesn't seem to make noise once set

Weaknesses:
finish turned from matte black to dull black metal at the wipe of a slightly greasy rag, hard to access tilt adjustment

Similar Products Used:
only single-bolt designs