Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Yup. They do.
125 is the real sweet spot, not so small as to be xc, and not too long to be hardcore.
Pick a travel bracket and be a dick about it
Anyone had a dropper post and then got rid of it?
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125 is the real sweet spot, not so small as to be xc, and not too long to be hardcore.
Pick a travel bracket and be a dick about it
golden path
Banned
Please yourself mate - it's a nice day out there, go for a ride. :rockon:
That's what I plan to do - might not even use my dropper post.
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Ivan
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:clap2:. ........
rowdyflat
chez le médecin
I also agree it was a simple question but resulted in unnecessary slanging.
Please treat the internet as though you were speaking in person to someone just there.
For what its worth IMHO the longer I do something and it works , the less likely I embrace the new.
So I started mtb in 1990 and still dont use a dropper post but I will try one day.
At present I just use the quick release to lower the seat mostly OS in steep , rocky, prolonged gnarliness.
In Australia I havent found much need as most stuff isnt v rocky.
I have only recently moved to super wide handlebars > 700 mm.
Please treat the internet as though you were speaking in person to someone just there.
For what its worth IMHO the longer I do something and it works , the less likely I embrace the new.
So I started mtb in 1990 and still dont use a dropper post but I will try one day.
At present I just use the quick release to lower the seat mostly OS in steep , rocky, prolonged gnarliness.
In Australia I havent found much need as most stuff isnt v rocky.
I have only recently moved to super wide handlebars > 700 mm.
golden path
Banned
This one time when at bike camp (only once mind you...), I rode a bicycle on actual trails, and it DIDN'T have a dropper post, 1kg 2.4" tubeless 29'ers, a 75cm wide bar, hydraulic discs brakes and 150mm of squish front and rear, and I didn't die. (and I even had fun).
Don't try it at home, kids.
Don't try it at home, kids.
Boom King
downloaded a pic of moorey's bruised arse
Pfft, soft. Just wait until Peter Klunker finds this thread.
safreek
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but do you have a flute :laugh:
safreek
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this thread has sort of convinced me to try one on the cheap. I don't ride hardcore but don't bother raising my seat for a climb, thus making climbing harder. At least you had a go before throwing it away. Don't suppose its a 27.2.
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
I dunno, first droppers are useless, next thing on the chopping block is gears i reckon.
EVERYONE TO THE SS THREAD!
EVERYONE TO THE SS THREAD!
SF Trailboy
Likes Bikes and Dirt
Someone answer this man.... So I can get the response as well - so many 27.2 freaks out here.....
Try it in the name of science and then report.
Rigid with v brakes and semi slicks is the only way to ride SS. I cannot hack such a setup though collarbones and left knee complain bitterly.
golden path
Banned
Clearly not, if you don't have a dropper.
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EsPeGe
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Pretty much what a dropper is designed for. Helps get you and your bikes CofG lower as well as gives you the ability to move the bike around better. If that's not the sort of riding you do, then ditch the thing. Personally I'll never have another bike without one but that doesn't mean it's right for everyone else. You clearly don't like the thing, get trading area access if you don't already have it and sell, sell sell!!!!
golden path
Banned
Thanks for the input mate.
I think the jury's still out on it for me, ATM, as to how much use it will get.
I think the jury's still out on it for me, ATM, as to how much use it will get.
EsPeGe
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I do think it's worth persevering. And as a lot of folks have mentioned, it's all about the riding you do. For me at places like Thredbo on the flowy trails (I'm not a dh'er) I'll ride the whole trail with the seat down. By the end of the day I'm getting tired so I'll raise the seat for short rests on trail then drop it back when I've rested. Pretty much the same for Stromlo. Up here in Sydney when I'm just out riding around it will be up most of the time but I will drop it frequently even for short descents. It's so little effort and can dramatically change your ability to manoeuvre the bike and also avoid over the bar situations.
A mate of mine doesn't have one. We were rding at Ourimbah which can be pretty rowdy so I suggested he drop the seat manually. He only dropped it about 2 inches. He lasted about 3m before going over the bars and shattering his elbow because he got a saddle up the freckle and coudn't get his weight back.
Given you are running a Stumpy I'm assuming you aren't a weight weenie so the weight of it shouldn't matter and for all intents and purposes the seat should feel the same as a solid post. So for the occassional drop here and there it will make life so much easier.
hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
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