Which dropper post – long list of requirements!!

Hello 🙂

I’ve got a Thomson dropper on my (small) Turner Burner, but I need to replace it as it doesn’t fit with the frame size… As the suspension moves up and down, the cable for the dropper post is forced in between the rocker and the frame and it’s damaging the cable (which I can obviously replace!) but more importantly damaging the rocker. It’s also stopped working a couple of times because of this, which is not ideal (other than the frame size issue the post is fab!) 😕

So, I would like to get another one. It needs to come in 30.9 diameter, needs to have stationary cables (ie the cable needs to come out of the bottom of the post that doesn’t move up and down), and can’t have any more than 125mm travel as otherwise it’ll be too big! The Thomson post is *almost* too big, and as it is I have literally none of the seatpost showing before the diameter increases for the mechanism….

So, any ideas? I would really like a handlebar mounted lever too… and I don’t have the option to fit a stealth post unless I start drilling holes in my bike (which i’m not going to do!).

I am a bit stuck 🙄

Thanks!

gravity dropper

Gravity Dropper.

Kind Shock LEV

Hmmm. I had a Gravity Dropper on my old 5 and whilst it worked perfectly, I must admit I was hoping for one a little more ‘polished’ for the new bike…. 😳

How many times did you have to service/fix the Gravity Dropper in the period you had it?

KS Lev

KS Lev.

The lever is junk (in an ergonomical sense). The seatpost is inferior to a Reverb IMO, but I had a requirement for a 150mm drop stealth cable post in a 30.9mm diameter & that’s all I can find.

I have mine set up with a left hand front shifter, which is much better, but then I run a 1×11 setup so I have the space to do so.

Yeah, KS Lev is a good call… 🙂

Sounds like a KS Lev to me!!

Scotroutes – I’m ashamed to say that i don’t think I ever did…. (and that was in several years hard use!)! I picked the mud out of it on several occasions, and friends had a quick go at it when it sounded a bit grindy, but the thing was indestructible!

Yep, KS Lev it is…!

(and if anyone’s after a Thomson post with the cable replaced let me know – it’ll be in the Classifieds shortly!)!

Do KS Levs come with LESS than 150mm travel? That’s too big for me…

Or you could just look at the routing…..

Gravity Dropper.

There seems to be some confusion about what a dropper post is meant to do. My understanding was that it should stay up, not wobble noticeably, drop when you press the lever, stay down and come back up when you press the lever again. It shouldn’t require lots of servicing, it should be reliable and it should be reasonably strong and light. What it doesn’t need is smoothly damped action, variable return rate, tons of different positions, cables/hoses that flap about, flimsy remotes, unnecessary weight. But it appears that the mass market wants their dropper post to move as smoothly as their forks and look pretty (no boots!) which means they need as much servicing as forks!

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Thomson – cable re-routed down the down tube then up the seat tube, should keep the loop well away from the linkage

Hmm. Will have a look at the cable-routing… I must admit I didn’t think there was an option (unless I started cable-tying things) but there might be….

KS Lev 125mm 30.9 🙂
http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/a69136/lev-fr-dh-remote-385-mm.html?lg=en&cr=GBP&cn=gb&gclid=CPyxktr4y7oCFfHKtAodq0IAFA

Hang on you want to spend over maybe £100 that a simple cable reroute could fix…. The mind boggles

missnotax – Member
Hmm. Will have a look at the cable-routing… I must admit I didn’t think there was an option (unless I started cable-tying things) but there might be….

Something like this:
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Doon.

I’d like to have a closer look at the cable routing before you swap the Thomson for something else. Don’t forget, you can turn the Thomson around so the cable is in front of the post rather than behind.

Failing that, my ks lev has been spot on and I think the lever is pretty good.

If you want to fit a “stealth” style post, I’m happy to drill your frame. 😉

Lev comes in a 100mm drop too. Loved mine, sold it when I was jobless.

Start a new job tomorrow so hopefully get another after Christmas.

Greeble – no, I don’t want to spend anything but I the current set-up isn’t working and I can’t figure out a way around it…

Onzadog – you’ve got the job 😉

I can see how the cable routing would be simple on a bigger bike – it’s just that my bike frame is so tiny there’s no space!!

Thanks all 🙂

Have you tried turning the post around 360 degrees so the cable runs around the post? This often means that when it moves up and down it does so as more of a coil and might solve your problem?

Have a look here. The Mikkosan method is what I am using with my reverb. Worth a look.

Lev. I love mine.

razorrazoo – Member
Have a look here. The Mikkosan method is what I am using with my reverb. Worth a look.

Some nice pictures of a chain/chainring?

KS Lev; I have two!

As far as the remote, I like the KS one better than any of the others that I’ve tried so far.

razorrazoo – Member
Have a look here. The Mikkosan method is what I am using with my reverb. Worth a look.
Some nice pictures of a chain/chainring?

Oops, ipad copy and paste error.

Let’s try again now.

My lev has given me nothing but grief £300 of hassle and looks like a repair from the new importer jungle is going to set me back £150.

Another vote for the KS Lev – available in 125mm drop for you. No issues with mine & no stooopid looping cable that needs special measures to stop it looping! Do it right!

Another Lev here has proved to be perfect , cable management and and being able to integrate the lever into a Odi grip are brilliant.
Would not swap it for anything else.

If you cannot sort the cable management on the thompson I would recommend the Lev, I have a Lev and reverb and I would probably favour the Lev again over the reverb.

These rubber cable/frame protectors might help in the right place?

Anyone fitted a reverb stealth to a 650b Turner Burner?

jaffejoffer – Member
Anyone fitted a reverb stealth to a 650b Turner Burner?

Is it drilled for one, not sure if any Turners are?

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