[Closed] Alpkit Koala

Why would internal routing be an issue? So long as you don't put anything sharp/hard in the bag at the post end it will be fine. If you are worried then an old bit of cloth between the straps and post will protect it. I've used a Wildcat Tiger on my seat/dropper post without problem.

It's not that internal routing inparticular would be an issue I stated that as the cabling on the external dropper posts might get in the way of actually attaching the saddle bad.

Yea thats a good idea cloth or something would protect it.

Thanks for your input

I dont donit on mine because it leaves rub marks in the anodising on long gritty rides. Fine on a normal seatposts, not sure Id be so happy on a 200quid dropper.

I used one with a reverb stealth for a bike packing trip. I wrapped the seat post in a loose bit of pipe lagging zip tied to the saddle and zip tied at the bottom (very loosely tied). This allowed the seat post to drop a limited amount and protected the shaft. A mate tried the same thing but couldn't get the clearance between the full bag and the back of the bike. I'm v. tall and have quite a lot of the lower shaft of the seat post sticking out of the frame, even with a 5" dropper.

Used my wildcat tiger bag on my dropper for a wet gritty cairngorm 190km ride recently .

No rubbage.

All i did was put some electrical tape under the strap on the stanchion.

If you haven't bought it yet I'd get a different bag. My koala is irritatingly wobbly and swings about in use.

Short piece of pipe insulation around the reverb stantion and an enduro collar means I can run my wildcat tiger on my reverb and still get 50mm or so of drop.

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Richard that's looks like a great idea. I can't zoom in quite enough on my phone but have you attached another seat post to the back of your saddle?

I like the sound of the other ideas I'll give them a go when I get the bag.

Thanks

It is an old carbon USE seat post that I cut down one bolt fitting so easy to undo was bivvy around Torridon so after I got camped up post off and did the usual stuff obviously did not use the dropper whilst the post was attached but suspension was fine the odd rub!

Here's someone else's interpretation of that:
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I've used the tapered dry bag that's designed to go inside the Koala, on its own, with my Reverb Stealth, and was still able to use my dropper. I use a bungee through the webbing and seat rails since I find it the best way to attach (with straps around the seatpost as well), but it also allows some movement. Did the Kielder 101 with this setup. No rubbage, small amount of movement, but didn't bother me - I kept checking it was still there.