The thomson elite seatpost is the standard by which all other seatposts are judged forged clamps integrally machined head and an elliptically extruded 7000 series aluminum body have made the elite and the setback elite the industry models for strength light weight and ease of adjustment this alloy seatpost has an incredibly strong design the post and lower clamp are machined from a single piece of high strength 7000 series aluminum with an ellipse bore inside the tube for fore and aft str