Nerf Herder
Wheel size expert
Item:
Spez Command Post ... Came on the Spez Enduro
Purchased From:
Demo bike from TBSM
Purchase Price (approx):
demo ... Guessing it's around $350?
Usage:
2 glorious weeks of "ride it like I stole it"
Pros - Can lift the puppy from the saddle
Cons - Read the review
Comments:
I am obviously biased (I own Link Sports the KS AU distro)... But fuck it, I've never ridden another post other than KS and in the end I'm a mountain biker, so meh I wanna play.
Big thanks to TBSM for organising the demo (bike review to come). The Menai build crew were invited to a special Specialized Demo long weekend, which was absolutely flooded, except for Menai ofcourse as its professionally built and drains very well :thumb:. So a few of the lads and I got to enjoy our handy work with many a huck to flat and some wicked monster truck action. I also got to ride Hornsby the following weekend, and a couple night rides in between.
I have always been curious of the Spez... I've read quite a few of the comments from you Spez lovers on here over the years and I was glad to jump on one.
believing in the sandwich approach to staff reviews ... I'll use that approach here.
Positive - Negative - Positive
- Post is the goto black that everybody digs ... Tick
- If you are old school and can't live without the ability to pick up your bike from the saddle then you will jizz. I had all the weight of the bike plus me jingling the puppy and that thing didn't move ... Had it dropped down, and reefed the thing as hard as I could upwards and still noting. Very impressed. Tick
Definitely never do that with KS or Reverb.
- 2step
What the absolute fuck ... C'mon, anybody that tells me they like that shizzle hasnt Tried anything else ... So you drop it where you want it, which happens to be in between the preset positions and the fucker pumps back up at you ... Man, that has to be the worse feeling ever.
drop the puppy ... ready to get rad ... Stand back up to get into attack position ... Hey what the ... the saddle has come up a bit ... Actually hit me in the arse and pushed me up ... FFFFFUUUCCKKK rough ridaz...
being use to infinite adjustment, and putting the saddle exactly where I want it to get either max clearance or a bit of support or enough extension to pedal out whatever is ahead ... The 2step was good sometimes, but annoying or scary at the most inconvenient of times.
i was aware of the 2step ... But I had expected to drop to step1, then press the remote again and drop to step2 ... Nothing in between. Just down the down again. Not this down, then push back up business.
i did get used to it, but I hardly ever got a clean drop unless I slammed it all the way down ... But, it seems I rarely drop it slammed the first time, as I'd more often then not put the saddle in the no mans land between slammed and stage 2 ... Which was fucked. I put my arse down there for a reason, don't bloody push me back up FFS.
all that whinging aside ... When it did what I wanted it to do, it was a good solid post. A nice familiar klunk at the top of its travel told you it was back home and ready to pedal.
it also had a nice zipper like tone as it came back up. I actually liked this bit of industrial character.
press button ... Zzzzzzzit, klunk ... "Top floor ... men's underwear department"
lastly the shifter remote was pretty cool ... Nice shape, placed exactly where my thumb was looking for it and all very unnoticeable. Really exactly what you want, no extra thinking ... Just drop and wait for the saddle to push you back up at the worse time possible.
To conclude:
If you have never had an infinite drop post before, then all my qualms would be like water off a ducks back to you ... But if you have had other posts, then it will take a little bit of getting used to.
Rating:
usability => 6/10
longevity / installation => no comment, not tested
Spez Command Post ... Came on the Spez Enduro
Purchased From:
Demo bike from TBSM
Purchase Price (approx):
demo ... Guessing it's around $350?
Usage:
2 glorious weeks of "ride it like I stole it"
Pros - Can lift the puppy from the saddle
Cons - Read the review
Comments:
I am obviously biased (I own Link Sports the KS AU distro)... But fuck it, I've never ridden another post other than KS and in the end I'm a mountain biker, so meh I wanna play.
Big thanks to TBSM for organising the demo (bike review to come). The Menai build crew were invited to a special Specialized Demo long weekend, which was absolutely flooded, except for Menai ofcourse as its professionally built and drains very well :thumb:. So a few of the lads and I got to enjoy our handy work with many a huck to flat and some wicked monster truck action. I also got to ride Hornsby the following weekend, and a couple night rides in between.
I have always been curious of the Spez... I've read quite a few of the comments from you Spez lovers on here over the years and I was glad to jump on one.
believing in the sandwich approach to staff reviews ... I'll use that approach here.
Positive - Negative - Positive
- Post is the goto black that everybody digs ... Tick
- If you are old school and can't live without the ability to pick up your bike from the saddle then you will jizz. I had all the weight of the bike plus me jingling the puppy and that thing didn't move ... Had it dropped down, and reefed the thing as hard as I could upwards and still noting. Very impressed. Tick
Definitely never do that with KS or Reverb.
- 2step
What the absolute fuck ... C'mon, anybody that tells me they like that shizzle hasnt Tried anything else ... So you drop it where you want it, which happens to be in between the preset positions and the fucker pumps back up at you ... Man, that has to be the worse feeling ever.
drop the puppy ... ready to get rad ... Stand back up to get into attack position ... Hey what the ... the saddle has come up a bit ... Actually hit me in the arse and pushed me up ... FFFFFUUUCCKKK rough ridaz...
being use to infinite adjustment, and putting the saddle exactly where I want it to get either max clearance or a bit of support or enough extension to pedal out whatever is ahead ... The 2step was good sometimes, but annoying or scary at the most inconvenient of times.
i was aware of the 2step ... But I had expected to drop to step1, then press the remote again and drop to step2 ... Nothing in between. Just down the down again. Not this down, then push back up business.
i did get used to it, but I hardly ever got a clean drop unless I slammed it all the way down ... But, it seems I rarely drop it slammed the first time, as I'd more often then not put the saddle in the no mans land between slammed and stage 2 ... Which was fucked. I put my arse down there for a reason, don't bloody push me back up FFS.
all that whinging aside ... When it did what I wanted it to do, it was a good solid post. A nice familiar klunk at the top of its travel told you it was back home and ready to pedal.
it also had a nice zipper like tone as it came back up. I actually liked this bit of industrial character.
press button ... Zzzzzzzit, klunk ... "Top floor ... men's underwear department"
lastly the shifter remote was pretty cool ... Nice shape, placed exactly where my thumb was looking for it and all very unnoticeable. Really exactly what you want, no extra thinking ... Just drop and wait for the saddle to push you back up at the worse time possible.
To conclude:
If you have never had an infinite drop post before, then all my qualms would be like water off a ducks back to you ... But if you have had other posts, then it will take a little bit of getting used to.
Rating:
usability => 6/10
longevity / installation => no comment, not tested
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