The thomson elite straight seatpost is the standard by which all other seatposts are judged forged clamps integrally machined head and an elliptically extruded 7000 series aluminium body have made the elite the industry model for strength light weight and ease of adjustment over 40 stronger on ultimate strength test than the strongest production seatposts on the market thomson has found that the elite straight seatpost has over double the fatigue life of any production models they have te