With the saddle coming forward, the Switch system raises your effective seat height, as well as places you forward of the bottom bracket, just like a real tri fit will. When you’re ready to drop into the aero position, you simply pull the saddle forward and then ride in the extensions. Pop on the extensions, lock them down, and go for a ride. Swapping between road and tri positions with the Redshift is shockingly easy. If the cam lock wasn’t fully tightened, but the spring lock was, then the extensions were still secured, but the mounts rattle together audibly, letting you know that the cam isn’t properly engaged. If the spring tension system wasn’t fully engaged, but the cam lock was, the extensions were still solidly locked to the bike. In full disclosure, we tried to get the extensions to release without disengaging both systems intentionally. That kind of attention to detail is worth calling out well done, Redshift. Redshift has made certain that your contact point will not fail on you by, essentially, ensuring that if either safety system fails, the extension isn’t going anywhere. Pull down on the cam skewer, and it securely fastens into place, locked by both the friction between the cam lock and the bar mount, as well as the spring lock on the bar itself. So you pull up on the skewer, slide the extension collar over the bar mount, release the skewer, and it sits in the notch on the bar mount. The extensions have a collar on them, and it mates to the bar mount via a spring-loaded retention system and a cam lock, just like you’re used to for wheel skewers. There is a mount that stays permanently attached to the bar, and contains no mechanisms of any kind. Mounting the extensions to your drop bars is so simple that we wish we’d have thought of it first. So even those with aggressive aero positions should be just fine. Pushing directly forward or rearward on it will not move between positions, especially with the weight of a rider on it. The arc of the change also helps this, as it moves up and forward/back in a circular arc. So it isn’t likely to change on you as you’re riding, unless you want it to. And for those worried about it shifting on you mid-ride, don’t worry it takes a significant amount of force to get it to move. The saddle will lock securely in either position. Moving the saddle between the positions is a simple affair you just pull forward or push backwards. The saddle angle in the aero position is even adjustable 5 degrees up or down from your road position via an Allen bolt on the forward cam, so that your tri position can be as aggressive, or not, as you would like. The cam mechanism allows you to dial in your road position in the “back” setting, and then simply pull the saddle forward on the cam until it locks into place for your tri position. Now, it’s true that switchable seatposts are nothing new but Redshift has gone that extra bit further to make the seatpost switchable on the fly. The Switch system is comprised of a switchable seatpost, a pair of extension mounts with a quick-release mechanism, and optional BTA cage system or computer mount. For those on a budget, this could very well be your triathlon “ice cream cake.” What can be better than that? This was our exact reaction after riding the Redshift Switch, a replacement seatpost and quick-detachable extension system for your road bike that turns it into a tri bike in a matter of seconds. Before there was ice cream cake, there was a time when we had to face one of the world’s toughest choices-ice cream OR cake? Fortunately for us, someone came up with the genius idea of combining the two into one fantastic package.
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