packing for morzine in a couple of days, trying to get the weight down, so i'm thinking leave the dropper seat post at home, do yous think ill miss it ??
There are a few stretches where the seat up will be handy but they're pretty obvious once you've been there for a bit. Can't say my saddle height changed much so wouldn't bother too much about it.
Long climb and descents mean that it's not such a pain to be putting the saddle up and down.
Yes. I have never really wanted a dropper seatpost until I rode in the Alps.
EDIT: but that would just be me judging from the responses above.
depends on what you, I go there with the express intention of never going uphill unless I am on a lift or in a car, with a DH bike this is no bad thing. But if you like to punish yourself then there are loads of really good xc tracks and lots of exploring to be done.
Riding XC I presume?
Used mine quite a bit while out there I must admit, especially travelling between the resorts, but not as much as when we got to Les Arcs area.
But if you like to punish yourself then there are loads of really good xc tracks and lots of exploring to be done.
No there's not
Don't tell him that
We'll only be going uphill by lift
Yep, need more xc'ers on the DH tracks for grip..
our intension is to do a bit of both, xc and dh.... think i leave it
Once you start using the lifts I doubt you;ll be doing much climbing!
just out of interest, is there much lift assisted xc in the portes du solil (or whatever its called)? I've ridden that area 3 or 4 times, but always just done the DH tracks except for when nipping over to chatel etc. Am I missing out on some flowey loving or is all the xc accessed using one's legs?
I would take it. You need an uppey downey more in the Alps than you would over here I would say. If you are donig the proper PdS route as well there are some bits where it's just way easier. Think you're silly to leave it at home IMO.
. . .is there much lift assisted xc in the portes du solil
Miles and miles of it. Follow the 'PDS' signs, or for starters try the red loop around Mont Chery and then the black (No 43 I think) from the top of the Chavannes lift.
Hth
Marko - just back from the Alps
I wouldn't bother, riding uphill in the Alps seems crazy 🙂
I would take it, whatever you ride. Then its there when you need it.
I used mine all the time, up and down. PdS one day, the rest of the week gravity. Not all the runs are flat out DH, and some DH still had bits you could pedal.
How can taking it be an issue anyway ? Whereas not taking it will certainly be one some of the time.