I own a single position GD and a Reverb. I think that warpcow above has got it exactly right. On my main bike at home, I prefer to use my Reverb – looks better, works brilliantly.
I’ve had one provblem with each post, and both seem to be quite common issues –
1. The release mechanism came off my GD. The good news is that GD fixed this FOC even though I admitted that the post was out of warranty and I wasn’t the original owner. I think that this part was redesigned and is now fixed to the post more permanently rather than glued, so I don’t think this is an issue with modern GD’s.
GD’s service was quite simply superb.
2. When my Reverb was almost new I had a crash and the pipe pulled out of the bar mounted lever. It was a bitch to get the correct part and have this re-fitted. In the 18 months since then I have not had the slightest, single problem with my Reverb.
When I go biking on hols, I prefer to take my GD – it’s simple stupid which is great. But it’s ugly.
At home, I prefer to use my Reverb which is the best pieve of kit I have ever had on a bike.
Rather than swapping my post from bike to bike, I’m thinking of buying a second hand, multi position GD. But for my main bike, I woudl prefer to have the Reverb.