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Debating getting a reverb stealth purely cos my frame will cater for it.
Started thinking about the logistic of fitting, bleeding and fault finding, are they worth the faff?
Are they as faffy as i imagine?
First off, bleeding, it's the first thing you do with a reverb if it isn't 100%. You have to disconnect the remote from the bars, loosen cable guides, feed through hose as you remove seatpost. You then have to to various bike gymnastics and clever fixing of the post and remote, bleed, then repeat the process in reverse.
Then you've got the whole faff of putting the bike in a bike stand, either clamp tt or pull post out until enough is showing to clamp which involves faffing with threading through hose.
Have reverbs go that reliable now, one good bleed and you're sorted for a good long while?
First off, bleeding, it's the first thing you do with a reverb if it isn't 100%. You have to disconnect the remote from the bars, loosen cable guides, feed through hose as you remove seatpost. You then have to to various bike gymnastics and clever fixing of the post and remote, bleed, then repeat the process in reverse
I think you're over-complicating things. To bleed a Reverb you just attach the syringes to the respective bleed ports.
^Bleed port on a stealth is at the bottom of the post, not at the top like a normal reverb.
My normal reverb developed a nice kink in the tube under compression so swapped it up for a mates stealth. The initial routing was an absolute nightmare on my Meta SX but I wouldn't go back to a normal one now that I have one. Not out of choice anyway.
It's definitely not perfect running though and think it needs another bleed, mostly because how it was previously run on my mates bike. Initial bleed I did after fitting wasn't too much of a faff but it's not far off what you have put. Adding air pressure to a stealth is a proper disassemble job though if you ever need to.
ALSO, i tend to run my seat post real low and with the stealth there just isn't the scope to do that with the one I have. It's probably about 1.5 to 2.5 inches higher than normal but actually hasn't been a problem.
and yeah.. bleed port is on the bottom...
Aahhh, didn't know that.
Not really a faf at all.
You have enough hose at the lever end to undo the lever and feed the hose through to access the bottom of the post if you need to bleed it. It takes about 30 seconds.
The Reverb is the only stealth post I would run, the KS one was appalling. I have a Specialized spare one in a box which was better than the Lev (but unfortunately not a 150 drop).
I've never clamped a bike on the seat post since i've had a Reverb anyway, just the TT.
Why not just get a KS LEV? They're great.
If you can bleed a brake you can install a Stealth Reverb.
It might not be an issue for you, but what has put me off is that I wouldn't be able to move the seat post to put the bike in a stand.
Only ever bled my last reverb when I trimmed the hose down.I run a reverb stealth now and just wedge the saddle into the bike stand rather than the post itself. Has worked fine so far.