EXA Form Speed Up – any experiences? Good or bad?

I’m looking at the EXA Form Speed Up “pretend” dropper post – the one where you drop at and then manually have to raise it back in to position. There’s one that has a 175mm drop and am wondering whether it is worth it until the 170mm droppers become more mainstream (affordable!)

Anyone have any real life experiences of this dropper? Good or bad? I know it won’t do the ups as well as the downs, but are they reliable?

I’ve tried a search but don’t find the forums search particularly useful any more

Cheers

David

I don’t have that particular dropper post, but i use a KS Eten with the under saddle lever. Once you’re used to it it’s dead easy to use the lever.  A remote lever on the bars is a “nice to have” and would save a second or so, so unless you’re racing I don’t see an issue.

The difference being that the Speed-Up has no hydraulics to push the saddle back up for you.

I paid £55 for the new Eten from eBay, from what I can see, the Speed-Up is more expensive? I guess you get more “drop”, but less seatpost for your money?

Some talk on the Speed-Up here…  https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ks-exaform-speed-up-ideal-wintersecond-bike-dropper/

Edit: I tried to post a direct link, but this new forum is just hopeless on my mobile..

I have the 250mm drop version of the Exa Form speed up.
I use it on 2 bikes. A 4X hardtail and a short travel fullsus DJ/slopestyle bike. the 250mm allows me to run full extension to pedal the bikes and very nearly (’bout an inch short of fully slammed) slam the saddle quickly (Both 14″ uninterupted seattubes).
The post isn’t really a dropper. it’s a handy height adjustable seatpost. What I mean by this is that it doesn’t have any spring or damping. It can be dropped/raised while riding but it’s nothing like a sprung/damped post. ie. you really don’t want to be sitting on it to lower it. Depending on how far back you’re sat it’ll often bind a little then when you realise and move your weight to allow it to move it’ll fall with a slam! where as when not weighted you just need to gently lower it while riding one handed stood up). In a similar way raising it is also more difficult than with a sprung post.
It’s great for riding to pumptracks, jumpspots, skateparks etc. but not really what I’d want for a trail dropper. (I do ride trails on these bikes too but tend not to raise the post while riding unless there’s a sustained climb involved.
Hope this helps.

Brilliant, thanks for the info. Perhaps not what I am looking for then, but could certainly see some merit in such a post

Didn’t realise they did a 250mm version – that does sound interesting

Thanks again

David

Geex summed it up nicely:

‘The post isn’t really a dropper. it’s a handy height adjustable seatpost.’

I have the 150mm version (speed up), had it a year now, it failed (wouldn’t stay up) after a week but was replaced and this ones fine.

It’s for my winter hardtail and does more XC really, you can adjust it while riding along if you are prepared, but not if you you’re under any pressure, like at a sudden lip of a steep drop.

I bought it as I didn’t need a full on dropper, and after a year I still stand by this.

(I’ve got a 150mm KS DX on my full bouncer)