OneUp Dropper Post V2 240mm review

Interesting review although 240mm would surely fit a tiny minority of frames/rider combo.

Apart from that I assume it's no different to another OneUp anyway which are good but not particularly better than the Trans X / Brand X equivalents.

That review has 1970's levels of innuendo.

That review has 1970’s levels of innuendo

I was reading with a Kenneth Williams voice in my head, oooh matron!

Interesting review although 240mm would surely fit a tiny minority of frames/rider combo.

I think this makes it even better that they make this monstrosity to cater for those that it’ll fit. It’s the perfect length for my 15yo lad on his Aeris 9 (XL has enough seat tube for full insertion).

Also, by using the supplied keys it is possible to obtain additional support, albeit at the price of reduced travel. Thus a long legged lump like myself can have a more robust dropper.

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nickfrog
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Interesting review although 240mm would surely fit a tiny minority of frames/rider combo.

Older frames often weren't designed with the idea in mind so yeah, even frames that ought to be able to quite often have bottle mounts, or bends where they don't need bends. Some just aren't reamed all the way down.

But, still, more than you might think can handle a big post. Some just by luck, like my fatbike. Others because they had forward-looking frame designers. I mean, how hard was it to go "we had 125mm then we had 150mm now we have 170mm, perhaps 170mm is not the longest post we should design for?". And there's a whole crapload of bikes that would have been able to, had the manufacturers not saddled them with really long seatmasts for no good reason.

Honestly I reckon that any frame made for hard use in the last few years that doesn't have the capacity to take a really long post, just kinda sucks. Oh your suspension design doesn't allow it? Then it also kinda sucks.

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If Shakespeare got away with it, why not Barney?

Apart from that I assume it’s no different to another OneUp anyway which are good but not particularly better than the Trans X / Brand X equivalents.

Yes and no. I'm a shortarse, and that means to get as much drop as I can (on account of stumpy legs), I need to have the shortest possible total length with the longest possible drop. I've had really excellent experiences with Brand X, but Oneup is just a longer drop for the length, and for that reason, I have a couple of them.

Examples: Trek Fuel EX standard dropper = 150mm. Oneup is 210 and 5mm off the collar. Specialized Fuse M4 Command post dropper: 160mm, Oneup is 180 and only hindered by a cheap rivnut water bottle boss that I'm giving the beady eye to at the moment.

Oneup is 180 and only hindered by a cheap rivnut water bottle boss that I’m giving the beady eye to at the moment.

can you get a round file down there and get it off?

240mm dropper would suit me fine - bike has a 460mm seat tube but a 505mm reach - most folks for whom that much reach would be useful would also have a lot of clearance above the seatpost. Running a 210mm oneup at the moment, but would have bought this if it existed

can you get a round file down there and get it off?

I can indeed. I'll live with the 180 for now (It's a 31.6 shimmed to 34 as it was from a bike I just sold) to see if it does the job before taking a drill or file to the frame; if it's all good, I'll probably buy a 180 long 34mm Oneup at some point.

My preferred method would be to drill it out from the outside, which is what I tend to do with pop rivets on alloy dinghy and keelboat spars. A lot less swearing.