@Willie1 - I'm not testing Crankbrothers' warranty, I'm testing the post that they sent me... which very well could have been sent to any consumer who then would have had to deal with it. I let the manufacturer know the issues that I was having ahead of time, and also included a response from them (not something that you see on many reviews, but an addition that adds to it) - my due diligence was more than done. There is a good chance that I'll be on another Kronolog in the future and that you'll get to read about that one as well, but in the meantime there looks to be other reviews popping up online that corroborate my thoughts.

Our test post stayed clean inside throughout the test period, rain, mud, and jet washing included.

We don't have a Lev in our paws yet, but hope to soon.

@Willie1 - Your criticism is a good thing in my books.. I do appreciate the comments and where you're coming from, but you should know that my "story" hasn't changed one bit. I rode the post with the stock cable/housing, and I also replaced it. The slipping problem occurred both before and after, not to mention it also happening when I removed the cable to allow the plates to completely close against the upper tube (as mentioned in the review). Regarding your comment "...you flat out dismissed the manufacturer as lying. That is biased" - I have to disagree, obviously. I simply backed up my words about the post being set up correctly, which it was. I replaced the cable and housing, correctly, and the issue was still occurring.

I should have been a bit clearer in the review.. The post comes from CB with the cable and housing strung and ready to go. This is how I first used the Kronolog post, which included quite a bit of riding. It slipped vertically with this setup. I swapped the cable and housing, both to better see how it functioned and for a "Tech Tuesday", and it still slipped vertically. The review isn't biased in the slightest - the post didn't work well. As noted, the tolerances are far too exacting for the general consumer as well.

It seemed like the best way to describe the clamping mechanism since it uses the same basic design.

http://www.bikethrones.com/

The locking mechanism is the same basic (very basic) layout as used on tool clamps as well, as well a few other things like the caulking gun like you mentioned. Been around for a long time, but maybe not executed exactly as it should be on the Kronolog. I do feel that it can easily work well for a long time and easily hold, but obviously some things need to be altered for that to happen. Funny thing about that seal; it seemed to actually do a good job of keeping grime out of the mechanism. I rode the post in a lot of bad weather in B.C., loads of riding in super dusty Utah and Arizona locations, and also jet washed the hell out the bike for cleaning, and the seal seemed to work just fine. I was surprised and pleased about that!