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Title: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: out~riding on March 16, 2014, 12:15:27 PM
Kink's new Stealth Pivotal post is now available.


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Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: SurfonFlatland on March 18, 2014, 06:46:50 AM
Really cool
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: out~riding on October 20, 2014, 09:50:28 PM
Kink BMX Stealth Pivotal Seat System (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4hg7ti67hY#ws)
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: 2flat2furious on October 22, 2014, 06:55:12 PM
What passes for "innovative" these days is a joke.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: K.Wong on October 22, 2014, 07:30:06 PM
let me get this right: the kink stealth seatpost bolt is reverse threaded? like the pedals?
how many dumb mtb bicycle mechanics and Joe averages are going to strip the threads by over tightening when they want to loosen the seat? plenty, I'd think....
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: byke on October 22, 2014, 08:04:53 PM
I love the video.
If the people at Kink think that using a normal pivotal is too hard, and that its easier to have to remove the seat post from the frame via the seat clamp, every time the seat needs to be removed. Then they clearly are grasping for customers.

Looking forward to the new Kink 2pc bars,
Literally a bar split down the middle in two pieces (Left and Right) and are attached to the stem by bolting each piece to the stem (obviously you will need to remove the stem to be able to attach these bars).
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: 2flat2furious on October 22, 2014, 08:08:08 PM
this is what i thought of as I watched that video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMCURWpNAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMCURWpNAg)

if you can't find the bolt in a pivotal seat then you are mentally impaired.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: ortho on October 22, 2014, 09:18:20 PM
this is what i thought of as I watched that video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMCURWpNAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMCURWpNAg)

if you can't find the bolt in a pivotal seat then you are mentally impaired.

Haha that video is awesome. Oh no! Jeez! What a mess! I'm so uncoordinated!
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: 2flat2furious on October 23, 2014, 10:07:51 AM
Seriously. if pivotal posts confound you, how the f*ck did you ever deal with a primo rod, or your stem, or your shoelaces?

If pivotal posts are too hard for you, maybe you shouldn't ride bikes ya dig
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: out~riding on October 23, 2014, 01:34:51 PM
That was just a joke, why did everyone take that so seriously?

The main objective with this system is to get a clean looking seat without the cut out in the middle.

And its compatible with existing pivotal seats and posts.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: 2flat2furious on October 26, 2014, 04:03:08 AM


The main objective with this system is to get a clean looking seat without the cut out in the middle.



it's a gimmick to sell parts to people who are so concerned with the look of their bike they need to eliminate one tiny little "imperfection" on their seat. it's really sad.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: tod miller on October 26, 2014, 03:20:17 PM
It's a tube of metal.  It holds your seat.  It's amazing how a company can muck something so simple up. Seems to me, a seat post is the last thing on a bike that needs "innovation".

Lets fix what don't need fixing.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: tod miller on October 26, 2014, 03:23:34 PM
I would like to see a pivotal layback post manufactured though.  I like short TT/wheelbase frames, but need room up top between bars and seat.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: Paradoxium on October 27, 2014, 12:21:44 PM
+1 on the layback. I'm not bothered about which side you bolt your seat from, but would like to see more layback pivotal posts in the full 330mm length. Every post on stores are practically the same. Odyssey and Eclat came out with some but in a mid length. This kink post appears to have offset between normal and layback.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: out~riding on October 27, 2014, 03:34:06 PM
It does also offer a bit of layback so that's also a plus if you like some adjustment.

(http://www.kinkbmx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/post_stump_K509_group.jpg)
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: K.Wong on October 28, 2014, 07:45:37 PM
that's not true off-set as the centre of the seat is still mostly centered over the centre of the seatpost.
look closely- all Kink did was to rotate the "teeth" upwards on one side to give them space to place their bolt system. the normal pivotal post has the teeth @ 8 o'clock position to 4 o'clock position, Kinks' is just at the 7 o'clock to 3 o'clock position.
if there is any off-set, its only by millimetres...
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: VisionStreetWear on October 30, 2014, 01:45:05 AM
I agree its a pointless idea really. The current pivitol set up seems fine to me, dont see the need for this.

Subrosa make a pivitol layback post buyt i think its only the super short posts, and the layback is very little. But it is marketed as a layback.

The eclat post looks to have the top offset towards the back, but not sure if its a true offset.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: byke on October 30, 2014, 09:27:20 AM
Given that pivotal posts can be made somewhat easily in chromoly, it wouldn't be too hard to get a lay back post made. especially as the pivotal base is available for purchase.

http://solidbikes.bigcartel.com/product/pivotal-seat-post-top (http://solidbikes.bigcartel.com/product/pivotal-seat-post-top)
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: 2flat2furious on November 01, 2014, 08:31:01 PM
If they made actual offset/laid back posts I would ride one.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: byke on November 01, 2014, 08:37:47 PM
Pir or London should be able to accommodate this need.
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: Flatland-Cris on November 02, 2014, 06:03:04 AM
Just get an alienation slider seat they can go waaayyy back with a standard seatpost plus u can ajust it,as foe the seat post sounds like there running outta ideas for parts this being the result...
Title: Re: Kink - Stealth Seat Post
Post by: 2flat2furious on November 04, 2014, 02:22:55 AM
Pir or London should be able to accommodate this need.

so will the 3 99ers I have in my closet.