[Closed] Bike yoke revive or fox transfer. Help me choose.

I have two Revive 185 posts (one is the Max 34.9mm version). They’re expensive but work really well. Am hoping the clever design needing minimal servicing will work out fairly cheap in the long run. So far so good!

Never used a fox post but my revive has been pretty reliable. Did have the lowest stack height of all the posts which meant I could fit a 160 drop in the same space as a 125 reverb.

Have to use the reset valve at the start of most rides but I think that’s been engineered out in the newer posts.

Bikeyoke every time. Easy to work on. Service kit cost less than £20. Full manuals and videos on line. Sacki is really quick and helpful answering emails. There are a couple if really useful threads on MTBR that he follows regularly. He's also trying to help users by building a database of which size posts fit which frames at full insertion.

I tried a number of dropper posts and came to the conclusion that they all break, so I should get one that's cheap easy and quick to fix at home. Guess what. Since switching to Bikeyoke, nothing has needed fixing.

3 out of 4 of our bikes run them. Once the OE post does on the orange, that will get a Bikeyoke as well.

The revive is the best performing dropper on the market ime, the action is so light and smooth. Fantastic post, however... It ain't worth the wonga these days 🙁
You could buy a V2 one up for half the price and you only lose a tiny fraction of the finesse of the revive (longer drop possible on the one-up too)
Nothing wrong with a bling build though :0)

I'd agree with exsee.

Best dropper I've had and if you've got it flaunt it, but there are much cheaper options with which you'll barely notice the difference.

Had the revive for two years now and it's been faultless so far. I've just got myself a service kit so the next wet weekend will see it fettled.

Love it.

Hadn’t thought of the one up it looks like a bargain is the quality and reliability ok.

I've got both and they are both good, but if I was buying afresh I'd go revive for the ease of servicing....

“Have to use the reset valve at the start of most rides but I think that’s been engineered out in the newer posts.”

The only time I have to reset mine is when I accidentally operate the dropper when the bikes are on my vertical wall racks. Got them both in 2018, not sure if that’s newer or not!

My v1 OneUp has only needed the collar bushing re-greasing in 18 months or so of regular use.
Which is a very quick job.
Lever sold separately, worth considering alternatives - theirs is OK but nothing special.

Have two Revives and one Transfer, would go for the Revive every time.

Revive has a better lever, less play, smoother action, just better in every way.

Transfer has been reworked for the current year though, so maybe it's improved, but you won't go wrong with the Revive

I have a fox transfer - two years without fault, but its getting loose and rattlely now and the cost of rebuild is the same price as the one up I have on my other bike! Next time I'll get something that can be easily and cheaply rebuilt.

Bike yoke is close to 100g lighter than the fox, so if you're looking to save weight, it just about passes the £/g test, and that's before the action/use/serviceability.

I had a Bikeyoke Revive and a PNW Batchelor in my shortlist for ages.. then I got my kid a Brand X and it was superb.
Then I saw the price of Brand X here - https://www.startfitness.co.uk/cycle/components/seatposts-clamps.html
and if they still do the 5% off for mailing list sign up, well, why pay more really.

I've quite a few droppers...
3 X Revive
2 x One Up V2
1 X One Up V1
1 X Transfer
1X Xfusion
various Reverbs
Various KS

I'd rate them in the order above
Revives are head and shoulders above the rest for ease/niceness of use and ease of servicing.
Also as mentioned Sacki is brilliant if you have any questions or problems. How many other manufactures would phone you a couple of days after emailing you an answer to make sure you'd sorted out your problem?
One of my V2 One Ups was faulty from new and in fairness they sent me a replacement out before I sent the old one back.
Transfer is nice enough but not enough drop at 150. Also can't be serviced at home easily.
Xfusion works OK and is cheap but just feels a bit unrefined. Also needs the air topping up from time to time.

Proof were it needed that STW is in fact tracking my thoughts...

Just did this very exercise and ordered (perhaps controversially given this thread) the Fox Dropper. Mostly as everywhere you look and read it says that like it's predecessor (the DOSS) it's nigh on indestructible. I like the Bike Yoke, I like what they're doing I think the product is innovative and interesting, and I could even buy it from the same place I bought the Fox from. (TF Tuned, and if they're selling it, it's probably OK)

I'm running a 185 Bike Yoke Divine. Love it. I think it's slightly cheaper than the Revive, but also benefits from an automatic bleed every time the post goes through its full travel cycle. You can also adjust travel easily.

My Fox transfer is great, but it's completely non user serviceable - can't even set the air pressure as it's filled with nitrogen.

What’s the difference between the divine and the revive?

Divine slightly lower price point, not as smooth

not as smooth

Do you notice this "smooth" when riding?

Mostly as everywhere you look and read it says that like it’s predecessor (the DOSS) it’s nigh on indestructible.

having had a DOSS fail twice (warrantied by Mojo the first time), I’d be sceptical of anyone telling you things are reliable anecdotally. I’ve had a gen 2 reverb for going on 5 years, serviced once and no issues. Are they the byword for reliability?

I would buy something easy and cheap to fix when it goes wrong (if it does). Apparent performance benefits aside the Bikeyoke seems to fit that well.

DezB

Do you notice this “smooth” when riding?

I'd say it was easier to drop becasue of the smoothness, compared to some posts that can be notchy on the way down. Is it worth the money over something more functional like a BrandX or a OneUp? That's subjective, I guess. Had OneUp been around with a 180mm dropped when I bought the first one, they might have got my money. Second one came with a frame, so I didn't ever make a decision.

but it’s completely non user serviceable – can’t even set the air pressure as it’s filled with nitrogen.

See, I like that, I see that as a plus. I don't want to have to service my dropper post or **** about with it in any way whatsoever.. Fill it with a gas, seal it, leave it alone...perfect.

nickc

See, I like that, I see that as a plus. I don’t want to have to service my dropper post or **** about with it in any way whatsoever.. Fill it with a gas, seal it, leave it alone…perfect.

It#s not that the Transfer doesn't need to be serviced, just that it can't be serviced by anyone without the toolsto charge it with Nitrogen. It's definitely not a plus.

Well this is now officially odd. Where I bought the Transfer from...Turns out they didn't have one in the size I wanted after all. But can they replace it with a Bike Yoke Revive instead, and would that be OK?

So ordered a Revive instead

Life is weird sometimes, huh?

Revive every time. Got them on both my bikes and they've performed absolutely faultlessly over 3 years of hard use.

As has been said, not the cheapest I initially but factor in service cost savings due to brilliant reliability and user serviceability and lifetime cost of ownership is actually probably lower. Its a very, very high quality piece of kit, and Sacki is not only a brilliant designer, he's (as others have said) incredible at support and service.

Just to throw another in the mix, if you see a cheap SDG Tellis in the size and length you need then I'd recommend that as well.

Very smooth, great lever and totally fault-free so far (about a year).

I have 2 Revives, they've both been flawless. My only criticism is that the lever could be a little sturdier- it works great but I've bent them both and it was a bit twitchy bum time straightening them out.

Very bloody expensive though (I only have two because one got nicked, so I bought another, then the original got recovered by the Police), so I also have a Oneup, which works great. It's not been used enough yet to really judge, needs a year or so of use, but so far it's fine and if it breaks I think I can buy another one and it's still less than the Revives... TBH, if the Oneup had existed at the time I would have bought that.

I think since the one job droppers have is to go up and down, there's an argument that the best dropper, is the one that goes up and down the most, as long as it's basically fit for purpose. So frame fit could come into it too.

I have tried a few posts over the years:

Revive, AXS Reverb, OneUP V2, Transfers and Reverbs.

Out of all of them the one that stands out is the OneUP, value for money, drop and smoothness are all amazing.

The Revive was nice but finish on the lower post was shit and seeing users on another forum complaining of the heads snapping off them didn't instil much confidence. The 6 guide keys did reduce rotational play though.

The AXS reverb is nice but drop and weight aren't good.

Transfer is just rock solid and reliable. Its very long for its drop though.

Is anyone other than BikeYoke making a fatter dropper like the Revive Max? My Levo has a 34.9mm seat tube and the Revive in that size has a 28mm stanchion instead of the usual 25mm dropper stanchion. Makes a lot of sense when you think of the leverage on it!

I've had Fox Transfer for a couple of years then OneUp for a month and now BikeYoke Revive for 1 year. Riding all sort of conditions. Reliability wise Fox Transfer hands down, absolutely no problems whatsoever. Never serviced it once in 2 years. Oneup was just plain bad. If seatpost collar was anything over 3.5nm tight (and it must be), dropper would stick and not return properly. Just anti-smooth operation. Returned. Now I ride BikeYoke and overall I'm happy except it does need servicing too often to my liking as dirt somehow finds its way in and turns slick honey into not so slick grey paste that is left on the stanchion. Only once stopped working when we got caught up in snow blizzard in Pyrenees (in May!). Got Revive because of it's low stack but if I was on the market for a dropper I would go for Fox Transfer.

Have two Revives, my Fox Transder got moved to the kid's bike.

My Fox transfer is great, but it’s completely non user serviceable – can’t even set the air pressure as it’s filled with nitrogen.

The last service on my Transfer was £165 as it needed a new air shaft due to a tiny bit of grit getting into it. As there's nothing you can do to it to inspect let alone service it at home I'm now running it until it dies, then it'll get replaced with something easily home-serviced. The two Brand X droppers on my other bikes are just as smooth in operation, have the same 150mm drop and are easily regreased. They also both have less side-to-side play too so another one of those is in the running.

I have a Transfer (bought in the great Mojo sell off) and it’s work flawlessly since new. Still works the same, still just as smooth, not needed a service and been a great bit of kit.