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When in the South visiting family however, I can happily ride for hours on & around the ridgeway, South Downs, Swinley etc without ever moving the post and have no less fun.
Hmm. I've found it nice on my particular bike to be lower on twisty singletrack, even if it's not downhill. If I had one I'd definitely use it in places like Surry. Point is, it's not just about steep descents.
I absolutely agree. I just meant that my riding in the South (I grew up in and lived around Newbury / Hungerford for a long time) has historically been more sort of XC biased so putting the post up and down every couple of miles never really bothered me. To me the Glentress black should be used as an advert for dropper posts, particularly from the mast onwards!! I think I might hold some sort of record for number of saddle height adjustments made on the boundary trail!Hmm. I've found it nice on my particular bike to be lower on twisty singletrack, even if it's not downhill. If I had one I'd definitely use it in places like Surry. Point is, it's not just about steep descents.
Also Cafall. The down sections whilst not demanding are defintely more fun with the seat down a bit, you can manhandle the bike better. But they are not that long and interspersed with short bits of flat and up that are a PITA to do with your saddle still down.
Yes but not by choice. I'll be on my fourth one when wiggle send me a new warranty replacement one this week. I hate not having one in the Peak District, but when I rode Sherwood Pines last week I didn't miss it.
I still think a lot depends on whether you view it as a dropper post, or an upper post.
I you're the kind of person who rides a lot of flowing XC for miles and miles then you use it as a dropper, only dropping for the techy descents, chances are you feel like you could probably do without one.
If your riding is more winch and plummet and a lot of techy riding then you probably treat it as an upper post, default down and raise for the climbs and longer peddally bits, chances are you might also be happy to stop to adjust and can do without one.
It's the middle ground all round riding where i now wouldn't be without one.
If you do a bit of both then You probably end up in the same camp I'm in, some of my bikes have them, others don't, the ones that do I would miss the dropper on, and the ones that dont I never feel like I need it, so yeah, as much about the bike and the kind of riding you do as anything, and the more genuinely all-round your riding and trails are the more useful one becomes as you end up in that sweet spot where you needs and upper and a dropper a lot on the same ride 🙂