CaptainMainwaring – Member
“So if you mostly ride with other people is it worth getting an uppy-downy post when you’re going to have to stop anyway?”
It depends on where and what you ride. Best examples I can think of… You go somewhere like Glentress red route, almost every section is either up, or down. The post’s really not much of an advantage, since the post stays up or down for the duration. Mostly a convenience thing.
But, if you go somewhere that’s less consistent, there you find ups and downs and traverses and uphills with a single techy bit or a climb with an optional scary bit or whatever. You’ll never know in advance whether this is a seatpost-up or a seatpost-down and sometimes you’ll be riding things fairly blind to boot so the safety net is especially useful. More so on un-waymarked and “natural” riding.
The other time I found it amazingly useful is when riding at the edge of my stamina… Frinstance in France there were sections which could be done fine as a seatpost-down but I was shattered most days so being able to pop it back up for a quick rest on an “undulating trail” was a huge deal.