dropper seat post

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boromoose

Member
Fairly new to this but been in the woods a few times and find i keep needing to adjust my seat height
seen dropper posts online but see no way i could pay£250+ for a seat post for what was a £700 cube hardtail

does anyone have any cheaper altermatives.. Probably expecting too much but if possible one with 3 set positions
 

Cubist

Still wavin'
Location
Ovver 'thill
Probikeshop.com sell Rockshox Reverb for about £165 delivered excluding bleed kit, HiBike.de sell them for about £180 delivered including bleed kit. Don't worry about ordering from Germany or France, they're every bit as reliable as UK sellers. Pay by credit card, as Paythief charges an extortionate exchange rate.

I am in the process of ordering another to go on my hardtail. The Reverb is a cracking bit of kit. Go for the 2013 version, not the 2014 Stealth, unless you fancy drilling the frame to route the hose.......

There are cheaper alternatives, but not by much, and Reverbs do what they promise to do.

Before ordering you'll need to know the seatpost diameter, overall length, the length of drop you require, and whether you want to mount the handlebar remote on the left or the right. As a guide, if you currently run a lot of exposed seatpost I'd go for a 420mm post. If not, then a 380 would do it, but may cost a bit more. As for drop, well, I like to get mine out of the way altogether on the susser, so a 125mm drop is better.

The remote lever mounts on top of the bar, and so is a bit vulnerable. Those of us in the know mount a right hand lever on the left hand of the bars upside down, or of course you could mount a left hand remote upside down on the right.
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GrumpyGregry

Here for rides.
as ever @Cubist speak wisdom and truth.

I've a gravity dropper descender on the hardtail and a reverb on the full-boing and of the two the reverb is a vastly superior bit of kit. Nowt wrong with the descender at all but the reverb knocks it into a cocked hat and is worth every pfennig (well cent really) of what the nice German people charge.
 

young Ed

Veteran
why do you need to constantly change seat post height, is the bike shared? do your legs shrink and grow depending on what day it is?
what about a simple quick release for the current seat post makes changing height quick but not an on the fly jobbie
Cheers Ed
 

Steve H

Large Member
why do you need to constantly change seat post height, is the bike shared? do your legs shrink and grow depending on what day it is?
what about a simple quick release for the current seat post makes changing height quick but not an on the fly jobbie
Cheers Ed
You generally want a mtb seat at full height for ascents and non-technical ground. However on steep and technical descents it is often required to get your body behind the seat post so that your centre of gravity is right. This can be hard with the seat at full height.

You change the height manually with a quick release, but dropper seat posts are quicker and mean you don't need to stop.
 
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boromoose

Member
Thanks for the options... Your right it is an expensive quick release .. Which i do have lol
but on a trip round the woods must have dropped the seat 6/8 times in 3 hours each time i came to a skills area .. You just dont want to stop when the bloods pumping
 

GrumpyGregry

Here for rides.
That's what I thought Ed.

£250 for a seat quick release? I am soooooo pleased I am not a MTBer.

Steve
It's ok. We're pleased you're not too. ;)
 

steveindenmark

Legendary Member
[QUOTE 2862145, member: 259"]I thought you'd blown all your cash on dodgy scooters. :whistle:[/quote]

And dodgy motorbikes, loose women and gambling. I just wasted the rest.

Steve
 
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