If further proof were ever needed that inventors should leave the naming of their inventions to others, here it is. Swiss designer Andy Muff has come up with some clever new length-adjustable stem and layback-adjustable seatpost designs, and he has given them the snooze-worthy name of “ISA”, or Integrated Size Adjustment.
The seat-post fits any saddle, and clamps onto the rails in the way of any modern tilt-adjustable post. This one, though, has an internal, eccentric section in the middle which can be turned 180º to move the mount an inch backwards (or forwards, depending on where you start).
The stem works similarly, with an insert that can change position, like a big, movable shim, to alter the POSITION of the handlebars by 30mm, or just over an inch.
Neat, patent-pending and not yet for sale, these are of limited use but for the right purpose could be very useful, in a shared bike for instance (although if you’re going to spring for presumably expensive, specialist part, you should probably just buy another, cheap, bike).
Designer invents stem and post with 30mm of adjustment [Bike Radar]
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