Redshift suspension seatpost review

As you may already know I am very much into finding the most effective (in terms of improving comfort) bike parts. I already tested many suspension seatpost so I had great expectations towards a seatpost made by the same company that has created a suspension stem. And after all of my testing, I can say that this seatpost really works well in terms of comfort improvement but this is still a spring suspension so you have to do a lot of fine-tuning to make it work best for you. If you are interested in more detail just read my review:
https://gravelbikes.cc/tests/redshift-suspension-seatpost-review/

And if you have any questions just ask me. I will be doing a big suspension seatpost shootout in a coming weeks so I can check/test things you want.

Cheers!

tsafur wrote:So, you prefer the Redshift over the Kinekt?

Doesn't the Redshift move rearward when it is compressed, which would throw off the weight balance of the bike? Also would/ could cause issues with bike position/fit and cause physical issues(leg, knee, hip and back can be affected).

Each suspension seatpost causes the saddle movement. It can be just downward movement (like PNW Coast) but usually it is a combination of downward and rearward movement. The amount of movenemt of suspension like Ergon CF3 or eeSilk is rather small so in real world it will not affect your bike position/your body in any significant way. Redshift suspension seatpost offers up to 35 mm of suspension so in theory the saddle position can change significantly but in practice if you set up the suspension stifness properly, it will work in a very limited range and only on the biggest bumps your saddle will move noticeably. What it means is in majority of your time on the bike, the saddle position will be within the safe margin and you should not feel any discomfort nor do you some harm (bare in mind that you have to adjust the saddle height in a first place to accomodate the seatpost sag when you put your weight on the saddle).

Does big bumps affect the bike balance? It is a good question but very hard to answer. Why? because big bumps will induce a saddle bounce and this alone will affect your ride in that instance. Maybe there will be also an effect of weight shift but honestly I did not feel that. Just my butt bouncing on or even catapulting out off the saddle (if you set the suspension too harsly). And this for sure will affect your control over bike in that very moment But if you fine tune your seatpost properly, those kind of situations will not occur at all.