So,
I’ve been idly toying with the idea of a dropper seatpost. I’ve kept half an eye on discussions here, and recommendations all seem to be for expensive solutions that are, for my mincing luddite purposes, over engineered.
I’m not racing and am quite happy to stop mid-ride to admire the view, take photographs, eat jelly babies, or find other excuses to cover up the fact that I’m cream crackered. I don’t really want, or need, pneumatic hydraulic spring-loaded cleverness, or remote control or anything. I’m really just looking for something where I can get the saddle out of the way and then later return it to the same position, it doesn’t have to be much more advanced than a regular QR.
Does such a thing exist even, or were they rendered obsolete years ago and I’m going to have to pony up a three-figure sum for a bloody seat-post (or more likely, do without)?