Hope Carbon Seatpost Review

Hope Carbon Seatpost Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £140 (RRP: £140)

Take a look now to discover what makes Hope Carbon Seatpost worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

Hope Carbon Seatpost Review


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Hope Carbon Seatpost features

Hope Carbon Seatpost specs

Hope Carbon Seatpost
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Seatposts found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Option: Oval Rails, Round Rails

Other Seatposts found with this Spec: 1

Spec 3

Length: 400mm, 350mm

Other Seatposts found with this Spec: 7

Spec 4

Material: Carbon

Other Seatposts found with this Spec: 324

Spec 5

Diameter: 30.9mm, 27.2mm, 31.6mm

Other Seatposts found with this Spec: 3

Feature 1

100% designed, tested and manufactured in Barnoldswick, England

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

High strength carbon fibre construction with aircraft grade aluminium seat rail clamps

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Smooth internal surface finish removes any unnecessary resin rich areas to minimise weight

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Varying wall sections to optimise weight and areas of high stress concentrations

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Same ultra-fine seat rail adjustment as tried and proven on the Eternity Seatpost

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

15mm layback

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Weight: 185g (27.2mm), 220g (30.9mm & 31.6mm)

Other Seatposts found with this feature: 1

Price

£140

Number of Reviews

20

Review Score

4.5 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3/5

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Seatposts. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Hope Carbon Seatpost.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Hope Carbon Seatpost is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Seatposts. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Seatposts. Brands like Hope are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Seatposts category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Seatposts.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Hope Carbon Seatpost

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Hope Carbon Seatpost.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Hope Carbon Seatpost was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £140 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Seatposts

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Seatposts.

We found 161 in the Seatposts category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £94.73, making it above average at £140.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Seatposts. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £650.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.

With 161 products available we worked out that 38 cost more than Hope Carbon Seatpost and 122 were cheaper.

Cost of Hope products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 222 products from Hope, of which 1 were in the Seatposts category.

For now though we’re looking at Hope branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £61.42 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Hope product we found was £0.25 and the highest price we could find from them was £350.00.

Of the 222 from Hope, 36 were more expensive than Hope Carbon Seatpost and 185 were cheaper.

How much are Hope Seatposts?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Hope products that are listed in the Seatposts category.

The average price of the 1 products that match this search was £140.00, with the cheapest coming in at £140.00 and highest price was £140.00. With the average being £140.00, Hope Carbon Seatpost comes in below average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Hope Carbon Seatpost and 0 were cheaper.


Hope Carbon Seatpost Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Hope Carbon Seatpost reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Hope Carbon Seatpost, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Seatposts category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Hope Carbon Seatpost or another similar product, like Brand-X Ascend Dropper Seatpost reviews or Brand-X Ascend Lever Kit reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Seatposts.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Seatposts. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Hope, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Hope Carbon Seatpost

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Hope Carbon Seatpost reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Hope Carbon Seatpost. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.0/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010933729
  • Product ID 2: 538549UK
  • Brand: Hope
  • Model number: HSP002EN
  • RRP: £140
  • EAN: 5056033432962
  • Description: Hope Carbon SeatpostThe Hope Carbon Seatpost is light enough for Road and XC applications yet strong enough to be used on your DH bike.Each seat-post employs 24 individual ‘plies’ of carbon, pre-impregnated with a highly toughened epoxy resin system, designed to ensure a safe and rugged unit.The bulk of the laminate comprises Unidirectional T700 fibre – the highest strength Standard Modulus fibre available. (Unidirectional fibres provide the maximum tensile strength and stiffness with minimum weight.) This is combined with strategically positioned plies of 3K twill woven fabric, adding hoop strength to resist clamping forces and mitigating failure mode in the event of serious crash damage.The 1K 2×2 twill weave fabric outer ply, also contributes in this respect together with a super smooth finish and striking visual aesthetic.Features:100% designed, tested and manufactured in Barnoldswick, EnglandHigh strength carbon fibre construction with aircraft grade aluminium seat rail clampsSmooth internal surface finish removes any unnecessary resin rich areas to minimise weightVarying wall sections to optimise weight and areas of high stress concentrationsSame ultra-fine seat rail adjustment as tried and proven on the Eternity Seatpost15mm laybackWeight: 185g (27.2mm), 220g (30.9mm & 31.6mm)Buy¬†Hope Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Seatposts
  • Size: Oval Rails
  • Unisex
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  • Adult

Other options for Seatposts

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Seatposts. 161 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Hope Carbon Seatpost included,
Cinelli Vai Seatpost reviews, Brand-X Ascend Lever Kit reviews, or we really liked the look of ITM Alcor Road Seatpost reviews as another alternative.

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