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I seem to be having some trouble with my transfer at around zero degrees C, maybe minus 1 or 2. The lever/cable seems to get a lot more slack in it making me think I need to adjust the barrel, but that makes no difference. The post will go up if I depress the lever, when I let go and bring the lever back to normal the post will start to drop with a touch of pressure from my backside. So the cable feels slack and yet the post won't lock out which makes me think it's to do with temperature of the gas.
I wouldn't say zero degrees C is particularly cold compared to US and European temps, so I wonder if anyone has any ideas? I did strip the post out and ran a new cable yesterday, worked fine last night and this morning, but 10 mins of riding then 10 mins of standing waiting for people at about minus 1 degrees, the post started playing up. 2.5 hours later and temp risen the seatpost works absolutely fine without me adjusting anything.
not sure of your problem but don`t undo the bolt at the top under the seatclamp... it contains 400psi nitrogen.
My transfer has worked flawlessly since installation good 3 to 4 months ago
However randomly the other week in minus conditions it suddenly became really hard to compress the post, felt lumpy and hard work to go down out of nowhere, just assumed it had broke tbh
Then went back to it the next day in a nice warm house and it worked perfectly without adjusting or touching anything, so seems for some reason somewhere in the post it doesnt like cold cold weather
Two weeks on now and its absolutly flawless still without touching a single thing so must have been the cold conditions
(slightly off topic) Do Reverb's not like the cold either? Katie was complaining hers was really slow today (mine was fine) but last weekend the one on my other bike seemed really slow. Both times we were riding at sub 5C
My reverbs are always really slow in sub zero. Just the hydraulic fluid being cold I think.
Just sounds like the oil getting more viscose in low temperatures...
Try holding the lever down and just cycling it up/down a few times, warm it up a little, get that oil smooshing through the valves nicely...
Yes - my Reverbs are always slow in the cold.
Interesting about the Fox Transfer - I was considering one of those but was also put off when I asked MoJo (UK Fox distributor) why there are no user service instructions available.
According to MoJo it's not a mistake, there is not user service required. Even service intervals are not stated by Fox and again MoJo advise an annual service by them.
I find it surprising that even the wiper seal doesn't need a more frequent service than annual - and in any case can't be done by the user.
That idea didn't work out too well for Thomson.
The post has been flawless and a doddle to set up, really impressed with it. I tried cycling the lever many times to try and get the thing working again, but no joy. It's pretty knackering pedalling out of the saddle for so long!