Retro alternative to gravity dropper seatposts.........

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Retro alternative to gravity dropper seatposts………
BFITH
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Did any body ever have anything like this. My brother had a Giant Super Sierra back in the eighties, came with one of these on (had to do a quick sketch…couldnt find a picture of one anywhere!).
Basically you flip out the QR a bit, put your weight on the saddle and the spring compresses….flick the QR again and seatpost rises up again (quite quickly I seem to remember!).

I dont think Ive ever seen one since….anybody else recall seeing such a device?

Posted 13 years ago

FuzzyWuzzy
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Hite-Rite

Posted 13 years ago

GlitterGary
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That is mint. Get it made and charge £200 quid for them, most people on here would buy one.

Posted 13 years ago

fbk
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Hite Rite – as above. Great idea, never really worked very well IME.

Posted 13 years ago

mk1fan
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Can’t remember the name of it but I think they were re-released last year.

ETA: so slow!

Posted 13 years ago

lipseal
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Use crayons in future for sketches please. Thanks for your co-operation.

Posted 13 years ago

BFITH
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I managed to use it quite efficiently…depends on how smooth your seatpost/seat tube interface was….

Posted 13 years ago

flamejob
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Nasty… I had one back in the day. Sooo much worse than a modern telescopic uppy downy post.

Posted 13 years ago

grum
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Did it keep the seat straight?

Posted 13 years ago

BFITH
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Found it! (edit:flamejob beat me to it!) Yes, seat post stayed pretty much straight forward…

Posted 13 years ago

GlitterGary
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They missed a trick selling them at $15.

Posted 13 years ago

Northwind
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Just googled them to see if I could find out any more info and found a post from Repack Rider, even Joe Breeze stopped using these once the Gravity Dropper came out, that’s a bit of a no vote.

Posted 13 years ago

jonathan
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I had one, 1987ish I guess. Didn’t use it for very long – as said above it needed a very smooth seatpost/seat tube interface to work well. It did keep the seat in line though.

Posted 13 years ago

colonelwax
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I’m working on my own version, no set price yet.

Posted 13 years ago

GlitterGary
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colonelwax – I’ll buy one, will £200 do?

Posted 13 years ago

BFITH
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Theres an idea…. 😀
[scans around office for broken chairs to recycle]

Posted 13 years ago

colonelwax
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Sorry GlitterGary they’re just prototypes at the minute.

Going into production with some finance from CRC.

I’ll take 02 vouchers though as prepayment.

Posted 13 years ago

philconsequence
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too late chaps…

Posted 13 years ago

colonelwax
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Bugger 🙁

Posted 13 years ago

Three_Fish
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I’m working on my own version, no set price yet.

Unless you can stop that rotating, it’s just a stupid idea.

Posted 13 years ago

Torminalis
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Is that Colonel Gaddafi on that recumbent?

Posted 13 years ago

colonelwax
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Unless you can stop that rotating, it’s just a stupid idea.

Big nails.

Posted 13 years ago

Three_Fish
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Your talents are wasted, colonel.

Posted 13 years ago

dlr
Full Member

I have a Hite Rite on my ’92 Breezer Lightning Pro which ive owned since new…

Never really caught on back then, bit awkward to use but they did work

Posted 13 years ago