so is it worth getting one? never had one before and found out i can get one on finance, from a few places,
is it worth it?
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first dropper seatpost...
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No ...they're shit
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yes, theyre amazing
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^ both of these statements are correct
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the forums for ya
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What bike do you ride?
What style of riding?
How offend do you drop your seat now?
Do you struggle down hill at the mo with the seat up?
Do you care about bike weight?I have one on 1 of 3 bikes and love it.
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its an alpine, style of riding is xc/freeride/downhill, some sections i have to get off the bike and lower my seat then put it back when im at the bottom, i guess its alot easier than a standard post :/
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What bike do you ride? alpine so yes to post
What style of riding? xc/freeride/downhill so yes to post
How offend do you drop your seat now? more than ones a ride so yes to post
Do you struggle down hill at the mo with the seat up? you won't with the post so yes to post
Do you care about bike weight? no thats for Roddie types.
Looks like its a yes to the post for you
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It depends. I ride an older Alpine that takes 27.2mm seatposts and tried and failed with a dropper post. I'll manually drop the post if there's a long descent, but generally just ride with it up. If DH/FR you'll have it down anyway. If the newer frame, yes, deffo, get a Reverb (I have one on my Slopestyle).
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I bought a Reverb at the weekend, first ride out with it on Sunday, took me a couple of miles to get used to using it mid-trail to adjust saddle height, but after that it felt extremely natural to raise it a bit or lower it a bit depending on what was coming up.
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yeh thats what im getting momo, getting the £300 Reverb with the go pro hd 2 camera on finance to top it off xD
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go pro hd 2 camera
Got one a christmas, It's great
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yeah? well i wont be getting it till march so i will just have to enjoy the seat post until then lol, must of had alot of people ordering em :/
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Where are they available on finance please?
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the ride stuff in littlebrough and blazing saddles in hebden bridge
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Seatposts on Finance????
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I have one, and I love it.
However, it's 5 months old and playing up. It's seen maybe 300 miles of hard use in the peaks and similar rocky stuff. It's now quite creaky, there's more movement than there used to be and when the post is dropped and you pick the bike up by the seat the post comes out then goes back in when released... which it never used to do.
It still functions correctly (at the moment) but I dread being in the middle of nowhere with a broken seat post!
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depends - seen a number of riders here n abroad cursing their reliability...
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ah well u just gota look after it and dont pick your bike up by its seat lol
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gsp1984 - Member
when the post is dropped and you pick the bike up by the seat the post comes out then goes back in when released... which it never used to do
Joplin?
Mine (KS and Gravity Dropper) are both as reliable as any other seatpost, wouldn't tolerate anything less tbh. These things don't have to be problematic.
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I was sick of stopping and lowering my post, I purchased a fusion seat post 27.2, and have never looked back, I dont use the remote and my riding is alot better for it, my mate also purchased one after me, we have had no problems what so ever, would highley recommend, I am 6ft 4 so tended to feel I was going over the bars until I got this
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DSP Bighorns arrived in the UK yesterday (at Loco Tuning), think that's what I'd be going for at the moment
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KS are the only big name to do a 6" dropper and their new LEV looks like it may be really good.
Pricey mind.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Thanks Legend, yes the 30.9 and 31.6mm remote posts with 4.5" drop have just arrived and are going fast
Posted 4 months ago # -
No problem, I would ask for an advertising discount.....but as I've already ordered
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I've just bought a spesh Command Post and to protect it from the crud i've just tonight bodged a Decathlon mudguard into my swingarm (Marin Wolf Ridge) to keep it and me clean.
All i have to do now is find time to ride the damn thing!Posted 4 months ago # -
Loco, whats the pricing? cant find it on your site?
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No it's not on there yet Mosey as I haven't had time yet, I'm just working through E mails now and will be for a few hours yet
The costs are £175 for the remote and £150 lever operated.
more details here: http://www.dsp-racing.com/products-02.html
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cheers loco
it appears i enjoy giving you my money lol.
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the reverb got 5 out of 5 on bike radar says its the most reliable post going, my m8 has one, so just gona for it, besides it will look the shizzle on my bike
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Mine (KS and Gravity Dropper) are both as reliable as any other seatpost, wouldn't tolerate anything less tbh. These things don't have to be problematic.
My gravity dropper snapped twice in 6 months so was pretty problematic! All the different options seem to have problems which is why I'm holding off at the moment, it's proving hard though!
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the reverb got 5 out of 5 on bike radar says its the most reliable post going
lolz
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STW, have one of the of the DSP posts on test at present too
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"I was sick of stopping and lowering my post"
Learn to do it while riding then. Its not that that hard. Just got to be careful, do it somewhere flat-ish and go slow"I was sick of stopping and lowering my post"
"when the post is dropped and you pick the bike up by the seat the post comes out then goes back in when released... which it never used to do"
My KS i900 used to do that
The side-to-side play got so much that it was hindering me riding on anything slow and very techy where I was wanting to use the saddle to anchor/reference with my knees/legs a bit. On the plus side it gave a bit more give when climbing anything loose enough to get the bike bouncing off stuff sideways
Replacing the guide pins made little difference, everything else was worn
The fore-aft play was getting noisy too
After that it stopped staying down"the reverb got 5 out of 5 on bike radar says its the most reliable post going"
+1 on the lol. Bleeding it all the time is normal then?Posted 4 months ago # -
I've had expensive and unreliable hydrolic dropper posts before and when they fail in some remote location you'll swear to never do it again.
My gravity dropper lasted me 2 years trouble free till I sold the bike. I even drilled an extra hole in it to get another drop point.All the other posts on the market right now seem to be too unreliable for me.
I like riding my bike and can't be arsed fixing it all the time.Posted 4 months ago #
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