[Closed] Dropper seat post recommendations

Only ever had my KS LEV but so far so good. No flappy cable to worry about.

I swithered for ages but ordered a Lev- mainly for the extra inch. Haven't got it yet but reports are mostly positive on reliability (I know of one that's failed in a freaky way but the owner reckons it was his fault)

Has is not got a remote lever on it?

Reverb every time for me.

The LEV has a remote but the cable joins to the base of the post and remains static as you go up and down

Oh, and the LEV's remote uses a totally sealed cable with no hydraulic mess to have to bleed and little chance of it getting full of muck

I see. Just googled it, it seems a bit heavy compared to the reverb

Pinkbike has an article on [url= http://www.pinkbike.com/news/The-Assembly-of-a-KS-Lev-Seatpost-2012.html ]how the Lev is made.[/url]

Edit - and the first comment (both by time and user score!) is a rip on Crank Bros! 😆

graeme87 - Member

it seems a bit heavy compared to the reverb

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Both 5 inch drop

Reverb, without a doubt.

The KS my wife had failed repeatedly and was a massive ball ache to warranty. The Lev I bought failed repeatedly too, and the warranty experience was another pain in the arse.

I'd rather put up with cable loop than put myself through a KS experience again.

The lever is better on the Reverb too.

Lev was my choice, no experience of the warranty on them as it's not broken (but I bought mine through Wiggle anyhow), I wouldn't be surprised if RS was easier to deal with but that wasn't high on my list of concerns when I chose it. Absolute utter BS though that the Reverb lever is better, the Lev one is genius, it replaces part of your lock-on grip and works brilliantly (assuming ofc you use lock-ons, it's not that much more obtrusive in non-lock-on guise by the looks of it though).

Hobnob, what failed on your Lev out of curiosity? Quick work to have such a new product fail repeatedly...

I like the Ks lever but it's easy to see how it could divide opinion. Reverb one works well but it's much bulkier (and the combination of being a bit easy to break and a bit expensive to repair is not nice)

Partly I just like the simplicity of cables. Oh you broke your cable on holiday? Buy another cable from any bike shop in the world. Oh you broke your reverb hose? Well, you're pretty much boned.

. Absolute utter BS though that the Reverb lever is better, the Lev one is genius, it replaces part of your lock-on grip and works brilliantly (assuming ofc you use lock-ons, it's not that much more obtrusive in non-lock-on guise by the looks of it though).

All IMO of course, but the reverb under the bars us as intuitive as a gear shifter. The KEV lever is more awkward to use, partly sure to the stupid loop of cable coming out it the front if it, right on the brake lever. That being said, i've seen a couple converted to the older style Joplin lever under the bars which is a much better approach.

Judging by SRAM backup, reverb spares are pretty eat to get hold of anywhere, its not enough odd a reason for me to consider anything else.

Not suggesting its perfect, but its better than anything else out there at the moment.

It is slightly odd the way the Reverb one works so much better "wrong way round", what were they thinking? Upside down doesn't just protect it better, it puts the button in just the right place for a thumb too (which must have come as a shock to a company that makes gear shifters)

Hob Nob - Member

Judging by SRAM backup, reverb spares are pretty eat to get hold of anywhere, its not enough odd a reason for me to consider anything else.

You can order them anywhere but you can't walk into many shops and buy them. I crash-damaged my i900 in the alps and it was a relief to be able to just keep on going, as even with a broken lever it could still be raised and dropped easily. I could have easily repaired it but there was no need.

Mind you KS have taken a step back here too in some ways, that's not so simple with the Lev (though still easier than a reverb) I did an SDA round last year at Glencoe where a chap put his reverb-equipped bike on the chairlift and snapped the barb off- finds himself up the mountain with a seatpost he can't drop. Unlucky!

I was wrong with the weight then,lol