New Rockshox Reverb
The Reverb was the first commercially successful dropper seatpost. While there was the Gravity Dropper, the Power Post and the Maverick Speedball, it was the Reverb that suddenly made dropper posts a ‘thing’. That and the RockShox and Trek push to internal ‘Stealth’ routing and we suddenly had a completely revolutionary change in how we rode mountain bikes.
The Reverb was hydraulically actuated, a sexy black colour and offered infinite adjustment and adjustable return. It wasn’t entirely perfect (as anyone who’s tried coaxing one back to life in sub-zero temps will confirm) but it was pretty darn good most of the time. But it’s been out for ages and it was definitely time for the Reverb to get a makeover.
And so with the ‘New Guts, New Glory’ tagline, RockShox today is announcing the new Reverb. Our guy Rob is out in Italy at the moment, sampling the goods and he sent back these photos before his test ride. Hopefully he’ll have good things to say when he returns.
Here’s what RockShox says:
“Don’t let its familiar good looks fool you—Reverb is a whole new weapon. Its internals have been completely re-engineered to improve on its already legendary performance and to offer enhanced reliability: all the smallest details, down to the single seal, have been re-evaluated and updated to pass the hardest and longest durability tests. Additional bushing overlap also improves performance over time, while new 150- and 170-millimetre travel options are available to tame even the gnarliest of descents. This is the brand-new Reverb, engineered for the next-generation mountain biker.”
Hear that? 170mm! That’s even long enough for Barney to use. And with bike top tubes around the world lowering to offer more standover and room for these new 150mm and now 170mm seatposts, that’s got to be a good thing. For shorter riders (or even ‘cross bikes) the travel starts at 100mm. The longer seatposts will also have suitably long fixed outer posts.
Sorry, 27.2 fans, but you’re still out of luck.
Official Specifications
Weight
560g (weight based on 340mm post, 100mm travel, 30.9mm diameter, 100mm travel, MMX™ remote with shifter hardware and 1300mm hose)
Length
340mm, 390mm, 440mm, 480mm
Material Shaft 3D forged 7050 alloy , Head: 7050 forged alloy
Other – Zero Offset, Remote: Adjustable return speed at the handlebar, Discrete or Match Maker™ X, Left or right
Available in
Travel: 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 170mm
Diameter: 30.9mm, 31.6mm, 34.9mm
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*drool*
Still the same control ‘button’ then…. Missed opportunity for a wee improvement.
Stealth only or do they still make the external routed option?
If only they did a clear option so you did see all that new gubbins.
I’ll wait until wireless droppers are flooding the market.
Does that mean that people will be flogging off the old ones cheap?
Reverb wasn’t the first succesful seatpost, that was the KS i900. Reverb was just the first one made by a company with sufficient brand loyalty and dealer network to overcome concerns about reliability (even though the early ones weren’t actually very reliable and you were still better off with KS)