Used Gravity Dropper probably. Though the parts availability isn’t as good as it was… Bike-discount I think had the KS one for about £110? Worth it, over the slightly cheaper no-names, you’ve got to be able to rely on some aftersales for these.

I see there’s a 125mm Thomson now, that’ll be worth a look in a couple of years once the paying beta testers are done

I love my gravity dropper with it’s lovely concertina rubber boot. I like to cycle past newbs and press the lever to have it thump up with a good solid thwack to show how awesomez aye is.

Ben, I have an S Works Epic too. Have been considering the 272 Lev. There seem to be two versions; possibly a newer one without the red logo on the side. Anyway, is it any good?

I have an old 27.2 Gravity Dropper for sale. It’s needs a bit of love, but this is not difficult and they are very reliable.

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I had a KS on my can’t-believe_i_sold-my-Soul, was reliable and trouble free – only 100mm drop, but did the job well.

bike-components.de sell them

I think it’s hard to find many posts which are UK-proof and reliable, so serviceable is the next best thing, which case the gravity dropper is one to go for.

The Thomson is a very lovely thing, but experience suggests the price premium does not mean it will keep going.

The Tmars is total shite btw. Probably wasn’t on the list anyway, but, keep it that way.

I just swapped my 27.2 Xfusion HiLo for a Thomson as I couldn’t get on with only having 100mm drop and it never worked that well, I also have a Reverb and Command Post on other bikes, I’ve only had one ride on the Thomson so far but I have to say it is the nicest of them all.

Ben… I’ve been looking at the Command post XCP but there is conflicting intel on the actual drop. On the Specialized site it’s 30mm but on some retailers it’s 50mm. 30mm for £300 is, er, expensive.

I have an x-fusion 27.2 post and it is fine. Not as nice as my KS Lev or my IRCC Command Post – but still, very good. Got it used and it blew its oil everywhere when I first went to install, but since then it had a rebuild and has been flawless.

I think it is 35mm, with the SRL lever.

I have one, it is excellent for an XC or light trail bike as a 35mm drop is all you need to be able to clear the saddle easily (maybe unless you wear ill-fitting baggies with liners that hook up on the seat).

Had a gravity dropper with an intermediate drop position before and that was more of a hassle as finding the intermediate position was a lot slower than just dropper to full drop with the XCP, which is very quick with the excellent SRL lever.

There are two variants of the Specialised XCP post, a 350mm post with 35mm travel, and a 400mm post with 50mm travel. Both are substantially lighter (saving 100g is a lot in weenie XC land) than other brands as the static part of the post is carbon, and they’re aim squarely at XC racers as TurnerGuy pointed out.

https://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/components/command-post-xcp/105019

They just don’t seem to be easy to get hold of in the UK.

or are more useful, as I said, because you can get to the 35mm drop position faster than messing around with the intermediate position on the GD.

With the XCP I can have the post at absolute full height for climbing, etc, and then to the 35mm drop position for riding through singletrack, etc whilst still pedalling, otherwise I have to stand for the whole of the singletrack, which I may not want to. especially if it not all downhill.

To do the same thing on the multi-position GD meant having to feather the post so it dropped into the intermediate position.

Obviously people do ride like this otherwise there would be no demand for posts with intermediate drops.

The XCP is for people that don’t want a fuller drop and appreciate the speed at which you can get between the positions.

I drop my post an inch or so quite a bit, couldn’t live without the full 125mm+ drop though.

have you the results of the survey that shows that ?

Yep, I just gave you the results of my personal survey 😉 Most posts these days have infinite adjustment and yet how often do you ever see them anywhere but up or down? (or in that “one inch from the bottom” that you get when you mess up). It’s clear that overwhelmingly people want the long drop more than they care about a short drop.

Not to say some folks don’t have a use for it but the sacrifice of function is big and the benefit is small.

Obviously people do ride like this otherwise there would be no demand for posts with intermediate drops.

There’s lots of demand for things that end up unused. How many bikes have lockouts that are never used, state of the art dampers with extra dials that are never touched? I got a multi-drop gravity dropper because I thought it sounded useful, turned out not to be but I still bought it.

I use a variety too. Mostly the wrong ones for the situation. Usually involves wondering why I’m getting knackered climbing back up after a descent before realising the post has stopped about an inch from the top.