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Many moons ago I had one of the original Maverick Speedball dropper posts - early adopter me 😉
The post is long since gone, but I always really liked the remote, and it's been used with a couple of other posts over the years.
one like this.....
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It is of the type where the ball end of the remote is at the lever end and the cable clamps at the post, so I couldn't use it with my current post which is the other way around.
But a bit of modding and bob's yer uncle as they say....
Drilled the lever, found a small allen bolt from a handlebar grip end-cap, tapped a suitable thread in the hole, and it now clamps the cable securely at the lever end 🙂 the 13 year old remote rides again.
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I was thinking the same for my BrandX post as I have an old Crank Brothers remote the same. The great thing about those designs is you can push and/or pull the lever to actuate. Only thing I need to check is the amount of cable pull required.
I wouldn't even need to mod the lever as the BrandX cable anchors at the post end.
I've used it on an X-Fusion HiLo and a CB Joplin. I imagine it should work with most posts.