Whats the cover like that clips over the mechanism? From the video I have seen it looks like it pops off very easily so wondering what the sealing would be like.
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Reverb or Kronolog?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Link please.
Or there's this which has more owners / views. Installation seems tricky: the cable outer has to be free to move and the remote needs slack.
Dont bother reading the first 5 pages - just CB whining.
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Baffling... Does buying a Kronolog instead of a Gravity Dropper mean you're really really optimistic or just care far more about how your bike looks than how much you get to enjoy riding it?
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No idea why you are baffled. Is it the idea that not eveyone thinks the same way as you?
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On the plus side my local bike shop felt so bad about selling me this piece of sh#t they gave me a great discount on a reverb!
Now thats funny
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Anybody else tried one yet? KS LEV on the front page looks like a contender also.
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Fitted my Kronolog last week and used it for the first time last Saturday.Works perfectly as you expect. Was very easy to fit,all of 20 mins and 15 mins was working out how to mount the remote underneath the bars on the left hand side
If you watch the Hans Rey video on the Crank Bros site the free play in the lever and slight slack in the cable are Very simply explained. The cover over the release mech is push fit, and quite snug- don't think much crap will get in. Was lashing it down Saturday and the bike was minging, but all is clean under the cover. The main reason i got the Kronolog was no loose cable al la Reverb. Only time will tell if it's going to be reliable. One report on MTBR mentions air pressure loss, then say's it Ok after being pumped up a few times. Any questions please ask. £211 from H@S discount in Germany by the way.
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got to say having received a reverb, it's nice. had to shorten the hose, piece of cake, and then bleed, also piece of cake probably took me an hour with faffing and being overly careful triple checking... Much smoother and easier to get down than the original DSP post I had (which was fantatstic) and has slightly more drop so its win win for the reverb from my point of view...
Posted 1 year ago # -
im loving my reverb! i wish it had a lower collar though
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Kronolog out on the trail today and all good, very happy with it.
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Love my Reverb too - can't fault it.
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Sorry to resurrect a thread, but any updates on opinions to this?
Kronolog vs reverb?
Posted 10 months ago # -
Out of those two Reverb. DSP Racing gen.2 still in testing/development. Should be a month or two.
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Kronolog vs reverb?
You'd need to be a post-lobotomy patient to buy a crank brothers....anything.
The reverb mkII has been good so far. I would have got a KS LEV but there weren't any in Germany when I wanted/needed to buy. That's where my money would go (if available).Posted 10 months ago # -
When is the reverb stealth coming out?
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KS Lev was my choice (from Wiggle with a 10% off code).
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Why no 27.2?
Posted 10 months ago # -
KS Lev was my choice (from Wiggle with a 10% off code).
Still pricey fuzzy. Who set UK pricing for this kit?
Is it superstar components? That would make sense.
Euro 269 (£211)
$375 (£239)
0r.......£325
They can **** themselves when I can get a reverb from germany for £180. Would have spent the extra £60-odd for one from europe thoughPosted 10 months ago # -
27.2" post don't have a huge amount of room inside, giving issues with having the post strong enough (wall thickness) and space to fit the internal gubbins.
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But ks are listing the lev in 27.2 albeit in a reduced drop.
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what is a reverb Stealth is that just a 2013 reverb, or is it different other than being all black?
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Think the reverb stealth has the cable exiting the bottom of the post, instead of a length of cable flapping around.
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as per stumpy01 - stealth needs a hole in your frame to feed the hose into the bottom of the post.
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Indeed. I want zero cable growth.
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Yes Onza, various manufacturers do offer the 27.2" was making the point that from an 'packaging' point of view they're a PITA which can also lead to reduced reliabilty and more fiddly servicing.
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I appreciate the increased engineering difficulty of it, both in terms of space and loading. Just wonder why people list them but then they're so hard to get hold of. At least reverb is a simple straight forward no with regards to 27.2
By the way, the new bighorn, will they be zero cable growth? And 27.2"?
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There is no way anything that looks like that is going on my bike.
It doesn't look zero growth, in fact it offers nothing that the KS posts don't. They'll struggle with it unless it's cheap IMHO.Posted 10 months ago # -
Bighorn 27.2" has never been released, due to various reasons, again a new version is in development, as with the 30.9 and 31.6".
I'm still waiting for details of the cable spec. from DSP, I'd certainly like to see one.
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KS Lev is in stock at Wiggle in 30.9 and 31.6, and 10% off this weekend. Just ordered mine...
Posted 10 months ago # -
organic355 - Member
Sorry to resurrect a thread, but any updates on opinions to this?Kronolog vs reverb?
Read the long term reviews of the Kronolog - Bikerumor/Bikeradar and Pinkbike, I thunk - all slated it.
It's a fundamentally
shitflawed design. Has an aliminium knurled plate along the lenght of the shaft. Two steel pins dig in to the plate - hard steel with your weight sat on top digging into soft aluminium - the plate weara away in no time.Which might not be a bad thing mind, as that knurled plate comes up above the seal, so it can fill with mud, and brings that mud back down underneath the seal.
Not to mention that dirty, knurled surface wearing away at the seal every time you raise and lower the post, and as the steel pins dig into it, the damaged surface will probably wear the surface even more.
As for that cover over the pins - it fell off during one of those reviews.
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Here you go - the collected bad news on the Kronolog.
The knurled surface wearing out
Metal shavings that were below the seal
Same damage on Bikeradar's review:
Then the wheels – or rather the cable-clamp cover –came off. We lost it somewhere out on the trail, which exposed the sharp internals to our legs and the elements.
The former presented immediate issue, but we didn't expect any contamination of the post due to our hot and dry Colorado spring testing conditions. We were wrong. The post's up-down action has deteriorated – something we attribute to the fact that, as it isn't hydraulic, it uses grease versus an oil bath for lubrication.
And Pinkbike - SNAP
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Crankbrother-Kronolog-Telescoping-Seat-Post-Tested-2012.html
Posted 10 months ago # -
So has anyone actually got real-life experience of this happening on their Kronolog post?
A rearward facing knurled surface should be fine for UK conditions, no?
Posted 10 months ago # -
So has anyone actually got real-life experience of this happening on their Kronolog post?
Don't think there's been any stupid enough to buy one.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Just taken delivery of a Reverb 2012 with all the bits and bleed kit for E208.99 + E9.90 p&p, it equated to approx £170.
Posted 10 months ago # -
B.A.Nana, tell everyone where you got it then
Posted 10 months ago #
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