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Best Dropper seat post??

83 posts & 36 voices | Started 3 months ago by maxsatnav | Latest reply from Trimix

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LoCo - Member

In terms of reliability they're not a fit and forget unit (any make/model)
I think they should be viewed as you view your suspension units in that they need to be clean properly with preventative maintainance throughout the year (like air can rear shock and lower leg services on forks) and have a Full service each year to keep them running as they should.

Edit: Jambon at 6'3" I found the 4.5" of the DSP post fine for all kinds of riding, will be finding out how a the 27.2" X 3" post works fro me on my Dialled Albert I'm building at the moment, I think it depends what you're used to riding, I've ridden everything apart from really steep tech dh with saddle up for years so any drop is great

Posted 3 months ago #
Northwind - Member

jambon - Member

If the Gravity Dropper technology is 9 years old and it works so well how come the prices haven't fallen to put everyone out of the running? They must be pretty cheap to make as they're so simple.

Still a low volume item. Also, price and performance aren't all that goes into it- people were happy to buy inferior products like the Joplin 3 just because they're less ugly.

I think this is probably what's at the centre of it all... People might moan about reliability on the internet but when they go shopping they buy looks rather than reliability.

Posted 3 months ago #
LoCo - Member

Northwind, so what your saying is someone needs to make a Gold plated post that sells for £600 ish and wears out really quickly...

Posted 3 months ago #
muddydwarf - Member

Jambon - i'm 5'2" with an inside lege of 27" (i think) and the 75mm Command Post allows me to sit on the back wheel very easily, so i don't agree that it is only of use if i don't ride techy trails

In fact, it now seems that the 100mm drop CP would have fitted my bike but even though i paid more for a US-import 75mm version i prefer the idea of the one i have now. The reason? The 100mm drop has a 2nd position of 35mm from top height and the 75mm version has a 2nd position of 25mm from top.
This is a much better position for me personally as 35mm would be just that little too much for me with my short legs.

EDIT: Oh yeah, when i went to the Sierra Nevadas last October i was dropping my saddle all the time, to pretty much exactly where my CP now drops it and i think you know how gnarly those trails can be In fact it was that trip that convinced me of the need for such a post.

Posted 3 months ago #
jambon - Member

I don't care if it's ugly (hey I ride a c456) but it is expensive for what it is and it's not as if it gets a unanimous vote of confidence from its users.

I'd really like there to be one winner in this race but it seems as though all designs have good and bad points.

Maybe we'll all have to wait a while...

Posted 3 months ago #
LoCo - Member

Things are always being developed, tweaked e.t.c

Posted 3 months ago #
hugor - Member

Don't have any first hand experience with these but it looks like a great mechanical post and comes with a neoprene protective sleeve. 9 inch drop too!!!
Its been on my wish list for a long time.

Posted 3 months ago #
LoCo - Member

Has anybody got experience of the Rase post, I'm usually a little suspisious of stuff that's been on the market for a while but hasn't got a UK distributor/warranty agent. If they're that good someone in the Industry would have picked them up.

Posted 3 months ago #
muddydwarf - Member

I just wish i was tall enough to be able to indulge myself with a 9" dropper post!

Posted 3 months ago #
jambon - Member

I bought a Rase 9" Black Mamba. Never saw it as Spanish customs buggered the whole import thing up and I eventually got my money back.

Looks agricultural but a good idea. Really simple.

Got to make sure there's enough un-fouled seat tube for it to work okay.

Far from cheap.

Posted 3 months ago #
hugor - Member

I'm usually a little suspisious of stuff that's been on the market for a while but hasn't got a UK distributor/warranty agent.

I wouldn't worry too much about that.
29ers have been THE thing all over the world for at least the last 5 years but the UK has only just caught on.

Posted 3 months ago #
LoCo - Member

Ah but the guys from Loco Racing (formerly Loco BM Racing) have been running on 29ers for several years

Posted 3 months ago #
Trimix - Member

Just to balance it up a bit for you. Ive had a Reverb for 11 months. Trouble free.

My mates Gravity Dropper got stuck down when he was showing me how fool proof it was.

I bet suspension forks and hydraulic brakes were viewed the same way when they first came out.

Posted 3 months ago #