3T gear

[vqdriver]

is anyone running a 3t cockpit?
i use a lot of their stuff on my road bikes, but there doesn't seem to be mountain specific stems or seatposts. specifically, i'd like to use a doric pro seatpost and arx pro stem. sizing for the post seems to indicate that it'd be ok for mountain use but who knows....

fwiw, i'm a clyde and i do not ride gently, tho i don't take huge jumps or abuse my gear either.

[zebrahum]

is anyone running a 3t cockpit?
i use a lot of their stuff on my road bikes, but there doesn't seem to be mountain specific stems or seatposts. specifically, i'd like to use a doric pro seatpost and arx pro stem. sizing for the post seems to indicate that it'd be ok for mountain use but who knows....

fwiw, i'm a clyde and i do not ride gently, tho i don't take huge jumps or abuse my gear either.

You're a clyde that isn't gentle on equipment and you're asking if you can use road bike parts for two of the most critical weight bearing components on your mountain bike?

This isn't a good place to be looking to save grams, buy mountain bike parts and you'll only have to buy them once. Thomson is where I'd start looking, other good options out there as well.

[vqdriver]

Well that's the point of my question: if the 3t gear holds up under mtb use.

The weight weenie stuff is their ltd line, not the pro line. I don't see Thomson listing a mtb seatpost separately. But along the same lines you could argue that their masterpiece line is pretty much for road or flyweights only.

[zebrahum]

Well that's the point of my question: if the 3t gear holds up under mtb use.

The weight weenie stuff is their ltd line, not the pro line. I don't see Thomson listing a mtb seatpost separately. But along the same lines you could argue that their masterpiece line is pretty much for road or flyweights only.

If you hold them both in your hand it's a pretty stark difference between most 3T gear and even the lighter Thomson stuff. But to that end, X2 is their road line and X4 is their mountain line; they segregate stems into usage and the seatposts are 40g different in weight with no such need to specify use.

With so many good choices in mountain equipment, why risk your body by using weight conscious road parts? Is it the weight? Do you have some lying around?

A lightweight seatpost will be more likely to fail and a lightweight stem will be more dangerous if it fails. If you're old enough to post on the interwebz then you're old enough to assess the risks and benefits for yourself and make your own decision.

[laffeaux]

I use a 3T stem on my CX bike and race MTB. They work fine, and I'm sure that they seat post would too for XC use. However, 3T parts are designed to be pretty light. If you plan on treating your equipment hard and you're a bigger guy, I'd go with a more "meaty" components that are built to take more abuse.