I really, really like my Revives. Bottom line for me is, the point is to drop the seat, more drop is better and though 170mm is pretty damn good, 185mm just takes it up that little bit further to the point where for me there’s almost no compromise at all. I’d quite like to try a 200mm, if I’m honest… But I definitely wouldn’t go back to 150mm now for a trailbike, any more than I’d have gone back from 150mm to 125mm.
(I was lucky that I got a good insurance payout for a stolen Reverb, then got the first Revive stolen too, then got another one on the insurance, then got the original Revive back and the insurance company said I could keep it! I’d never have been able to spend so much on posts otherwise, I’d be happy enough on Reverbs overall. Especially since I learned how to fix the sag issue.
TBH it now feels pretty weird to me that shorter posts can still thrive. Or bikes with stupid long seatmasts for that matter.