..you have a major pile up and destroy the remote button, or rip it off the hose. It does sit in a bit of a vulnerable position on top of the bars and I’ve certainly done some damage to my brake levers in the past.

With the remote gone or not functioning, is the saddle fixed in the up position, down position, where you had it, or does it zoom up and down under your bum?

Lots of folk ripping these off, or being careless and breaking them while fitting a wheel…

Mount it under the bars, safe as.

RH remote, fits neatly under the bars on the left, relatively crashproof, out of the way and gives your left hand something to do as your probably braking/changing gear with the right.

Keep the little travel limiter collar that comes with the post in your bag then if you do have a problem at least you can lock the saddle in position,

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Keep the little travel limiter collar that comes with the post in your bag then if you do have a problem at least you can lock the saddle in position,

Now there’s a cunning plan. I might just stick mine in my camelbak.

I would guess that it will stay in the position you last had it in as the hydraulic line is more of an actuator* than physically moving it up or down. *guesswork*

What i do know is that sram will then relieve you of about £50 for a new one.

So seems there are two schools of thought. It will either stay where it was, or just go up and down so you can use the seat collar trick which sounds good.

Although it would be an annoying expense, I’m less worried about £50 than I am about having to cycle 10k back to the car with the seat down and darkness approaching

Under the bars saved mine in a few crashes. Stops you putting the bike on it when you flip it too. Had a friend who broke the button off his in a crash but the unit was ok. He managed to poke a small allen key in there to operate the post.

Safe as it can be tucked in here like this.

Is there not an iphone app to replace it yet? 🙄

I am pretty sure it fails to the locked position – it relies in pressure in the hose to release. Air in the line prevents release. In this case, it would stay put and you should be able to pull it up.

I went for the 420mm version and there is enough post to raise it conventionally to get me home.

Thanks for that pic Messiah. I like the idea of mounting it underneath but when I looked at my mate’s I wasn’t sure it would fit there without fouling the shifter. I use the Hope matchmaker clamps with my X9 shifters so not sure I would have the same ability to play around with positioning.

If all else fails I suppose I could mount it inboard of the brake/shifter mount and accept that I have to move my hand a bit to get at it

Same here: RH lever, mounted under the bars on the left.

(also using the same Yetl pattern grips, they’re still ace)

It stays up if you break the remote. Don’t assume it’s safe under the bars.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/reverb-remotesbit-fragile-arent-they

But if you break the remote with the seat down, it stays down.

But if the seat is down you can pull it up and it will stay there.

OK, thanks guys. If there’s any money left after Christmas I’m definitely going for the Reverb and mounting it under the LH bar. Good to know that you can pull it up if you lose the remote

Under bar mounting is the way to go. Might need a bit of jiggling to get it to fit with your levers/shifters, but far better protected. The Reverb manual even has a diagram warning you not to turn your bike upside down if fitted on top where it should be. Mad design decision. And as a fairly new dropper owner, get one, they’re superb!

ooh. Iphone app, what fun one could have remotely controlling other riders seatposts 😈

Some italian lift attendant broke mine whilst in up position. Very easy for people to break them at seatpost if you have the 2011 rubber boot cover (now metal cover). I didnt notice until top of mountain. Post stuck in highest position. Eye watering ride back down to swap seat posts! 2nd day of bloody holiday too!

Aye, a chap at the SDA Glencoe Red race broke the hose off his on the chairlift (it’s not very Reverb-compatible) and was left up the mountain with a full height post. And o’course unlike a cable one there’s no simple way to actuate it.

So, he opened the seatpost up from underneath and removed all the gubbins. Bit extreme, but only way to do it.

As far as the lever- under bar is better protected but I’ve still seen a couple broken in that position, it’s not a very strong part. Which combines nicely with not being a very cheap part!

I only moved my hand to scroll through the Garmin then SNAP 🙁

under the seatclamp there is a valve that you can press that will allow you to move the post..