Greetings esteemed STW forumites....I'm wavering between a cove handjob and a cotic soul upgrade of my rockhopper frame. One of the conundrums is dropper post options for the unusual 30mm seatpost size of the HJ, and I was interested to poll those HJ owners who have gone down the dropper route on their recommended solutions.....GD with shim as the obvious one but anything else??
Hoping to swing a leg over both HJ & Soul to try in the not too distant future, but would be very interested to hear opinions from those who have owned/ridden both options as well.
Thanks!
HandJob is 27.2mm isn't it?
I run an x-fusion hilo with a shim on my Hustler (also a 30mm seatpost), and have had no problems at all with it. These were a decent price too when I bought it 12 months ago, not sure about now...
Got a Cove Stiffee with 30mm and run a KSi7 + shim.
I'd rather it was .9 bigger so I could run a reverb!
My 2007 HJ is 27.2
[i]Canadian built steel is realerer[/i]
Don't rule out a Dialled Bikes, Prince Albert
I stand corrected (thanks teetosugars and qwerty).....HJ is 27.2mm, Stiffee, Hustler, Gspot are 30mm..... 😳 No need for shim then! Makes it the same seat post for both HJ and soul, just sadly not my current reverb!
BeFe or Evil Sovereign both take reberb size droppers.
....but are quite a bit heavier and burlier in role to Soul & HJ.....I've only got a 120mm fork and happy with that for my style of riding....hence the frame selections...
GD Classic works great on my Soul.
BFe isn't that much heavier than a HJ really. About the same difference as between the Soul and the HJ. Works fine with your current seatpost, and it's cheaper - bish - bosh - easy. BFe doesn't 'need' a big fork either: same geom as the Soul with the same fork.
Those 853 Prince Alberts look too good to turn down.
Or this, if a large suits:
http://www.realcycles.com/m1b148s2p3091/2011_SARACEN_Kili_Flyer_Cromo_Cro-Mo_%282011%29
handjob and gravity dropper... problem solved.
kelvin your logic is pretty sound.....you may have thrown a spanner in the works! Thanks to all for feedback so far.....
Huh, I was about to correct kelvin about weights as the HJ is pretty light (or so I always thought...), but on checking weights it seems the Soul is lighter than the HJ!
"My 2007 HJ is 27.2
Canadian built steel is realerer"
07's made in Italy iirc!!
ps. 07 HJ is a fantastic frame 🙂
Update......2nd hand soul acquired (cheers skiprat!).....frame dilemma sorted at least :D....now for the seatpost. Like the look of the x-fusion hilo as cheaper alternative to the GD but seeing lots of reports of slow return of last inch. Is it really a problem actual owners of one??
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/x-fusion-hilo-272-review
X-F now fitted to Soul. 9 months later still going fine.
GD on my Soul, works a treat
(but, it looks bloody awful)
