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With Christmas and birthday coming up I'm thinking about getting a heigh adjustable post but all of them seem to have mixed reviews. I don't want to pay stupid amounts - £200+ for a lot of them seems just a little OTT! So looking at things like the Pure Racing and Joplin 3 that seems to be knocking about for sub £100.
But the dilema I have is that the Joplin seems to have a pretty shocking reputation for reliability and I've also read something about the clamp breaking? The Pure Racing alternative seems to be the better option in terms of the amount of drop and reliability but the seat clamp mechanism looks cheap and nasty, something I don't really want when paying £150 for a post.
I saw a pic on here the other week of a new Giant post which looked like a cross between the Joplin and the Pure Racing post. Anyone have any info on that? Meant to be a good price but thats obviously completely unproven.
So, question is, do I get an adjustable post and either put up with constant maintenance / fugly looks (aesthetics are important!), wait for something decent to come to market thats a good price or just carry on with my Thomson/QR setup?
Gravity Dropper, much more reliable and easy to maintain
Gravity Dropper +1
Aren't they over £200?
Look for one second hand
Another plus for the GD. They are expensive, they can be a pain, but it defo changed my xc riding for the better. Get one with remote!!!
I think the none remote gravity droppers are about £150, plus they come in loads of different sizes etc. and are a fair bit lighter than the others. I am considering getting one myself.
How much higher does your seat end up being in the lowest possible postion (i.e. post lowered all the way into the frame and seat post fully dropped) than a standard setup?
Should be testing the prototype Diverse one in the next month, pictures and specs as soon as I get it 😀
I've had the pure racing one for a year now and not had any problems and now need one for my hardtail, totally transforms the ride.
Buy one..
Another recomendation for thew gravity dropper here. Had mine 9 months with no problems. Which ever make you go for make sure its with a bar mounted lever.
Ks cobra here. Great bit of kit. The clamp is far from cheaply made. It's beefy and strong. No complains here after destroying my speed ball which in comparison was mucho crapo.
not heard anything about them but i'm thinking of going for the rockshox one as i think they know a thing or two about sealing up and down things
(Mr MC posting)
a joplin and a shock boot made from a length of old inner tube. I bought one well aware of the mixed reviews and sure enough it seized up in its second (very) wet ride. Was about to re-package it and ship it back to CRC with a snottogram til I found just how simple it was to strip clean and relube (takes longer to type an explanation than to do). Joplin's work well but are poorly sealed, if you overcome that problem you have a decent bit of kit for a bargain price (as you have seen CRC have the joplin substantially cheaper than any competitor product).
Ive currently got a neoprene shock boot which I'll be ziptieing snug, but if that doesnt work it'll be a less sexy but probably more effective ziptied inner tube.
Ive no doubt the rockshox reverb will be superior but its £100 more than a joplin 3 (£98) plus remote (£30).
I love my Gravity Dropper. My Pure i900 has never worked right but I know they can be made to work and I assume it will once it's sorted.