I've bought a carbon fibre seatpost plus a titanium headset cap and bolt on eBay - from Taiwan! I suspect the seatpost might be a bit more fragile than I really would have preferred, but it's lightweight, it's inexpensive (for brand new carbon fibre), and it'll get me started. The plan with the titanium stem cap is to get the underside machined to exactly match my existing stem/steerer combination, allowing the (alloy) stem absolute maximum surface area contact with the (carbon fibre) steerer without the need for the 2.5mm stack spacer under the stem.
As the cap and bolt together only weigh 11g I'd hoped to get them shipped free with the seatpost, but the best I could eventually negotiate was a miserly $1 discount plus a free pair of cycling socks (I've requested the very largest size they have, but I'll bet they are too small for me anyway...)
Yet again, eBay/Paypal were a mile out in their currency conversions. Fingers crossed I don't get saddled with any import duty. I've split the total delivery charge in proportion to the cost of each item. They were sent yesterday, and delivery is supposed to take "15 ~ 25 business days" - so hopefully sometime between 15th and 30th of November.
Hylix carbon fibre seatpost (27.2mm x 410mm):
- 160g (claimed)
- £40.21 (including £7.04 delivery)
J&L titanium headset cap and bolt:
- 11g (claimed)
- £4.02 (including £0.70 delivery)
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