Quite rightly a classic, the Suntour XC 9000 seatpost was beautifully finished, precisely engineered, worked faultlessly and looked good. This seatpost design was available from 1987 to 1989 with the XC log and later into the mid 90s with the XC Pro logo. In a classic MTB handy 26.8 diameter these are full length and uncut.
They seem both more grey and more matt than other ‘champagne’ finished versions which leads me to believe they are earlier stock.
The posts were deemed so good that renowned tinkerer Charlie Cunningham used to make his own extra-long, over-sized version to suit the WTB phoenix by transplanting the head onto a wider, longer aluminium tube.
These have a few very small marks from poor storage, the worst one is pictured, only two have the box too.
- Model: SP-XC00
- From the XC 9000 range
- 26.8 mm in diameter
- 355 mm from the end to the rails
- Weigh: 288 grams
- Made in Japan