You won't catch me buying a KS post again, new or otherwise. I bought two last year (one for me and one for the GF), and both failed within half a dozen rides. They went back to Norco for service (bought them in Canada) and sat there for four months because KS didn't have the replacement parts. Finally got them back, with one serviced and one replaced. Well, the one that was replaced is now starting to have issues again. It won't return all the way, in spite of the fact that I've changed the cable, disassembled the post and completely cleaned / greased everything and have the seat QR so loose that it's barely holding the post in place. The second post that was supposedly serviced has never worked properly since being fixed. I've tried to get ahold of the guy @ KS several times, but he never responds to emails. And I'm not willing to waste my time or money to ship something that I know won't be fixed properly or will fail shortly after I get it back. So they're sitting in a box. Awesome - several hundred dollars down the drain. KS posts are an inferior product from a company with piss-poor service that is unwilling to stand behind what they sell. KS doesn't deserve my money - or anyone else's, as far as I'm concerned - regardless of how fancy these posts are.