I’ve got an ICE lift v8. It’s a bit of a mixed bag. The post needs regular maintenance in winter. Think every two or three rides. But it only takes five minutes.

It also does its uppy downy thing better the more the bushings are worn in, but this wear equates to play at the saddle. The remote is simple, but easy to repair apart from cable routing. Gear cable works.

You pays your money and you takes your choice, but on the whole I think it is worth it.

Got a gravity dropper remote to get rid of, has an extra hole drilled in it for about 1.5″ drop too if you are interested? Great post, and in some ways I prefer it to my reverb as you know where your seat will be and servicing it is as easy as it gets, however it looks stupid in a 34.9mm cube seat post hole with 2 shims to make it fit!

I’ve had my t-mars dropper for 6 months now, it’s a bit clunky but works. Just need to give it a clean and grease every so often to keep it sweet. You get a bit of side to side movement with the saddle but its not noticeable when riding. Think I paid £80 ish from British e-bay seller.

gravity drppper ftw

s/h ones are great because gd will sell u any parts and service em for a few quid

Tmars here as well, for the money it’s fantastic. Dead easy to service and even though, like said above, it’s a bit clunky it works. Think I paid £68, delivered in about a week.

2nd hand Gravity Dropper! I recently got a Turbo Multi for £70

free delivery, no tax/duty. Took about 10 days.

Had my Traildrop, basically the TMars one for over a year now. Admittedly not much more than 2 or 3 hours a week use but it has lasted well with just a quick degrease every few rides. Changed the bushes about a month ago as the waggle was getting a bit pronounced but its back to being fine again.
The remote does take a bit of getting used to, along with the timing of the bum tap to raise it but the only thing I’d like would be an extra position. Just can’t bring myself to drill a hole in it myself…

http://r53sport.com/index.php/products/ice-products
If you don’t want to buy off ebay

Has anyone found an easy way to replace the cable on those ice lift/tmars posts with the 90° cable entry?

go cheap or go expensive for possible piece of mind. Far-east Tmars are, what, £70, or the same post rebranded to the french firm ICE, then imported, then sold by UK retailers retails for £120, so youre paying for an extended supply chain and hopefully better customer support.

If you want cheap and not far-eastern then youre going to have either buy from a european supplier at in-between price and hope they’ll offer back-up, or go used (X fusion HiLo, Gravity Dropper, KS i950 or Lev).

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My hilo is pissing oil from the main seal after 3 months use on a hardtail. Just about to raise a return with Wiggle to get it replaced. If only the reverb came in 27.2; I’ve had no trouble with the one on mine or my wife’s FSes!