As title really, buy a reverb or wait for the kronolog from crank brothers
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Reverb or Kronolog?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I'd never buy anything with moving parts from CB again, Rockshox FTW.
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I love my reverb. Just serviced it myself for the first time in 12 months hard use and their was quite a bit of crap inside it, but it still worked sweet. They both have a 2 year warranty so no real risks as if its gonna go wrong it will in 2 years. I would go on price and see what the actual sale price is of the Kronolog when it comes out.
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How are Crank Bros still in business? Seriously? Do they sell that many multi tools? I can't think of a single person who's owned their products and not been burned.
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Wait and see what the CB unit is like, if it's between those two only.
2nd generation DSP Bighorn should be available in a couple of months too.
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Kronolog is available from one of the German retailers: easily found on Google shopping.
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Fox DOSS innit....
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Im waiting to see what the Kronolog is like.
There a a few nice features on it and if it works as it should then would be my choice.
Only thing is it might be a bit expensive, saying that im not sure any seat post is worth over £200!!
Posted 1 year ago # -
stevewhyte
and if it works as it should
At least once I'd imagine. Maybe twice.
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Well, to be fair you learn from your mistakes so they should have learned a lot from the Joplins, they made pretty much every mistake possible with those.
You have to be certifiable to buy any new expensive dropper post before it's been tested in the real world, let alone a CB one. Let someone else pay to be a beta tester.
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Kronolog looks good, so I'm interested but the crank brothers stuff I've owned has all been a bit crap.
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I'd go for a Reverb but wish they had put the hose in the same place that CB have on the Kronolog. Personally I think that is a better solution than the stealth Reverb to me that seems like a real mistake for servicing.
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Loco - will the 2nd bighorn get 100mm travel in 27.2?
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Rorschach - Member
Fox DOSS innit....There's a few nice things about that design, but the RRP is crazy, and you don't see fox stuff discounted the way other brands are - I paid 210 Euro for a 2012 Reverb on Monday - Fox DOSS RRP is £350 sterling.
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i have a reverb on my alpine 160 and its probably the best thing on the bike and thats saying something. love it. get 1
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I got a Reverb with my Canyon last July. It is a great thing to have but developed lateral play after 1st ride which got worse, with for & aft play too. It went back to SRAM twice, lastly with a new design of tube. Play came back every time, so may have to just live with it. This is 3rd gen design but it is still not quite everything we'd want.
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Northwind - Member
Well, to be fair you learn from your mistakes so they should have learned a lot from the Joplins, they made pretty much every mistake possible with those.
not so sure about that, looks like they've shoved an oval shaft into a round seal with the Kronolog
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Anybody got a Kronolog yet? To add another contender, the Fox DOSS has been announced for May
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Fox DROSS innit..
FTFY.
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How are Crank Bros still in business? Seriously? Do they sell that many multi tools? I can't think of a single person who's owned their products and not been burned.
5 sets of mallets in the house, 4 sets of candys, will have some of the new ones when I return to the world of work.
Great pedals if you look after them, new ones should be much better.
When they break I get them rebuilt, love them.
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Pedals that break? Hmm I'm a Time user myself...
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Pedals that break? Hmm I'm a Time user myself...
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Very happy with the Reverb now I have the hose run sorted so it doesnt kink. Had a Joplin and whist it worked it was ok. Cable actuation will always be suspect for me re weather and crap getting in. The Reverb is an inline post too, joplin is a layback and to get the saddle in the correct position it was forward on the rails which damaged it. Also the actuating pin wouldnt work with some saddles...
Non of this is about the Kronolog but some about cable operated posts...
Reverb for me.
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I hope I don't regret saying this but my reverb is over a year old and as been fault free out the box, no bleed, no services. I'd be worried about buying any 1st gen kit from cb.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Got my Kronolg delivered today.
Can't set it up just yet, give me a day or two and I will report back.
Out of the box it looks like a solid post, and by hand it moves smoothly when pushing the post down and then upon releasing so fingers crossed.
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where's it from? I do like the look of these.....
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Initial reports on MTBR for the Kronolog don't make for great reading....
Fox DOSS RRP is £350 sterling.
Unreal. Fox kit is rarely discounted either, so they can get **** (and I'm a fox fan).Posted 1 year ago # -
Well, you're brave, i'll give you that.
I can't believe Fox, the Damn Our Seatpost Sucks lever makes the Rockshox one look well engineered, and that's a serious achievement.
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when on earth is somebody going to make a nice 5 inch version of a 27.2mm dropper post
shirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrley theres enough buyers out there to make it a worthwhile product for a company? somebodys gotta want to take the risk and do a good one?!?! there are literally thousands and thousands out there after a 27.2
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when on earth is somebody going to make a nice 5 inch version of a 27.2mm dropper post
developed lateral play after 1st ride which got worse, with for & aft play too
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Looks good daisbuys, interested to know how you get on.
What's the minimum insertion, i.e. what length of post can you have sticking out?
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what length drop?
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Pedals that break? Hmm I'm a Time user myself...
IME my candy's have outlasted my atac's by a factor of 3! Still not as reliable as Shimano though, but I'd trade off some long term reliability for every day reliability of the time/CD style binding rather than the mud trap shimano's and I prefer the floaty feeling rahter than the bolted tot he bike feeling.Posted 1 year ago # -
wrecker - Member
Initial reports on MTBR for the Kronolog don't make for great reading....Link please.
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Link please.
Probably this:
http://www.mtbr.com/cat/controls/seatpost-adjustable/crank-brothers/kronolog/prd_492348_6764crx.aspxPosted 1 year ago #
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