If you have my colleague and I thought up an idea of using a front shifter if you are running 1x setup to operate the cable actuation on the seatpost.
I had decided to run my bike as 1 x 10 so decided to use my XT shifter as the remote for my dropper, instead of pulling the shifter to pieces to round off the pawls in the mechanism I simply opened the shifter up, turned the internals round until the pawls were not in a contact position then closed the shifter back up. This means that the larger bottom lever pulls the mechanism around inside the lever but does not click into position (leaving the top lever redundant) which then means it acts as a great dropper remote which I paired with a Hope match maker and have used for 6 months with no issues.
Great way of not having to source a new remote and simple to do as well.
I am now selling the dropper on the for sale forum but wanted to share the wealth before it goes. Here is a picture of it for you to peruse! Cheers
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I've been running mine like this for the last 6 months too, so much better than the stock lever!
It works really well doesn't it and looks loads neater on the bars if you have a match maker : )