[Closed] Dropper post - anyone gone back?

Nope, never will either. Only reason I don't have one on my HT is the seattube is too narrow for a reverb.

Nope.

What a terrible thought. I really miss my Reverb when I'm on my HT but I can't fit one to it because of the bizarre seatpost size.

I'd be lost without it on the Mondy though. Can't think of any reason to go back to a normal post.

On the bike the Reverb is on? Of course not! Couldn't imagine a reason why I ever would.
On the bikes I don't have a Reverb on? Well, I don't have a Reverb on them for a reason! 🙂

Only went back to standard post when i managed to break the remote. Hated it and couldnt wait to get my reverb back

The Pinkster - Member
What a terrible thought. I really miss my Reverb when I'm on my HT but I can't fit one to it because of the bizarre seatpost size.

What size? 27.2 KS Lev is working well for me.

Only one bike... and knowing how much I use the dropper post attached to it, not a chance....unless it breaks of course.

On my XC bike I sometimes go without suspension but I hate going without the dropper... The former is fun, the latter just feels stupid, like missing a limb.

Not a chance. I rode the OHs before he got a dropper and mine was getting tweaked. I hated every minute of it and it gave me a bad back from having to struggle with the seat too low after I'd dropped it because I was too lazy to stop and get off and put it back up again!

Yes but then I don't sit down that much so do not mind running my seat post lower. I just got a second hand gravity dropper and the mechanical nature of it appeals to me as one other the reasons I could do without it is having one more thing to go wrong that I can't fix. If you like sitting down for fire roads/do not have that strong legs or just like riding with a saddle up your arse you probably will not go back. Otherwise just run your saddle lower.

Had a Reverb on my full-sus for about 2 years now, and my hardtail is still without one. It's a cause of slight irritation every time I ride the hardtail, and I'd have one at the drop of a hat if they weren't so bloody expensive, but I can live without it. Just.

not gone back, but do rarely ride the bike with the reverb on it, dont actualy miss ut as much as I thought, maybe becausevthe other bike is the right (larger) size do theres so much more room to move about in anyway.

I've got one and I don't think it's the best thing since disc brakes. Mine's a 100mm GD and I've recently drilled it half way as I'm not keen on the full drop.
I'm amazed people fit them on XC bikes.

shifter - Member

I'm amazed people fit them on XC bikes.

That's where it's most useful IMO... My bigger bikes tend to be going up or down, relatively easy to plan ahead and drop a post but xc bikes go up, down, over and along, all the time, with much less stopping.

Sold mine when I changed frames, fair enough I live in Suffolk but on trips away I don't miss it. E pensive and heavy bit of kit to compensate for excessively baggy shorts. 😉

Yes. The bike it was on was stolen. Didn't bother replacing it.

Only had a Lev on the FS 3 weeks. It's brilliant and I won't go back. I'm not fitting one on the HT though, but that only yes used on smooth stuff at the moment.

6 months of fun around the Peak District on my Norco Sight Killer B and I am convinced. Its a fantastic piece of kit and I would not go back.

Depends on the bike and the terrain of course

Depends on the trails. Peaks? No

What size? 27.2 KS Lev is working well for me.

I know a few people who've gone back as their dropper broke and they cannot afford to replace it.

I used my normal post for a week when I sold my old dropper and was awaiting delivery of my new dropper. Such an eye opener on how much you get used to the convenience afforded by these toys!

I have the Lev, and before that KS i950. KS posts seem very well made.

Passionately hated my dropper, sold it after a fortnight, I never drop my post, never feel the need.

sneaky was it a case of you didn't use it or didn't like it?

If you didn't drop it I fail to see how it was any different than a normal post?

I'm considering getting one so the negative opinions like yours really help too.

I won't be going back.

I hate riding anything fun with my post up so used to spend loads of time faffing putting my post up and down which meant stopping. Being able to do it in the fly is much easier.

I bought my Reverb earlier this year and its been great so far although I do worry about the lever so run it under the bars where my left hand shifter would be. They're easy to bleed but are quite heavy.

I never drop my post, never feel the need.

Why the flippty flip would you spend money on one then?

I've just put a standard post on after a couple of rides with a Reverb which came as standard on my new bike. Tried it, didn't like it and it just seems like something else expensive to have to service and/or repair. Maybe I'm just not rad enough.

I find it hard to understand the didn't like it comments?

Isn't it a case of even if you don't drop it it still acts as a standard post ?

If it's a case of won't use it that's very different to not liking it.

I've even considered putting one on my cross bike. I find I can't corner on anything with a high post now 🙁

They are ace and I probably wouldn't go back as I have now been spoilt and changed my cornering technique to suit a lower seat (ie I now coroner properly).

That being said... the choices for 27.2mm seat tubes are limited to either cheap and "ok" TMARS types, expensive KS Levs, expensive gravity droppers or X Fusion Hilo (which have issues.

I have a Hilo at the moment and love the infinite adjustment and lack of "bum tapping" needed to get it to return.

I dislike the fact that it descends when you sit on it (rate of 1cm every 5 mins or so) so you have to hit the remote when stand up to pop it back up. And the remote is a rattly cheap piece of s*** which has developed more slop than is reasonable.

Kind of. I have one and fit it for some riding but not for what I ride locally which IME doesn't need it. It's great where it's great though 🙂

(My Hilo holds its position fine BTW)

expensive gravity droppers

I've gone back, not through choice.
My Hilo broke and I can't afford to replace it. Not that I'd want to replace it with another Hilo, mind, I'd rather have a GD, but they are considerably more expensive.

Got a 27.2mm Forca Vario on my Salsa Selma.

Very rudimentary, with only two positions, but comparatively light for a dropper post, very straightforward mechanically and easy to maintain.

For the mainly XC trails on the IOW where I live where the techy descents I need it for are relatively few and far between, it's ideal.

On the odd occasions I've fitted the old post that it replaced, I've missed and put it back on soon after.

Wouldn't dream of it.

Just about cope on the HT on the odd occasion when I ride it off road, but on the FS, I couldn't be without one.

One of the best solutions to a problem ever made for MTB's

Going back every time the Reverb breaks and during winter. Other than those reasons no chance of going back to normal post on a trail bike.

And the remote is a rattly cheap piece of s*** which has developed more slop than is reasonable.

onourablegeorge - Member
[i]The Pinkster - Member
What a terrible thought. I really miss my Reverb when I'm on my HT but I can't fit one to it because of the bizarre seatpost size.[/i]
What size? 27.2 KS Lev is working well for me.

The Thudbuster I've got works fine on it most of the time though, with a shim.

It's an older bike with something like 30.6mm

18 Bikes, as well as I am sure other good good shops, could perhaps ream your seat tube out to 30.9.

Either that or get a 27.2 seatpost (there are a couple now) and shim (check with manufacturer if worried about warranty - i.e. see devinci thread).

I find it hard to understand the didn't like it comments?

Heavy, wobbly, extra clutter on the bars, extra flappy cable, etc

A Reverb is 520g, a Thomson Elite in the same length is 250g. That's a trivial amount for the difference in performance IMO- you wouldn't turn up your nose at fitting a 250g heavier tyre if it was delivering such a big difference.

I've gone back, but mainly because its a pain to get the seatpost out to get the bike in the car with the dropper attached.
Just rebuilding my full suss and will be reinstalling it and taking the hard tail with fixed post if I can't be arsed to stick a bike on the roof!

Thought it was worth pointing out - I never thouht about it before buying one but I find it a massive pain really as if there is enough slack in the cable to remove the post it flaps everywhere whilst dropped, and the cable gets knackered very quickly where it enters the head with constant taking on and off the bike. I will end up with a non remote post eventually but I'm tight and they're just not as good.

Buy a better bike car 🙄

DP

Got rid when I got rid of the FS. Have tried one on the SIR.9 but it made the ride too stiff.
Also, it was an older GD & it was a faff if I'm honest. I kept forgetting to drop the bloomin thing. Also, the remote was truly truly awful. Like operating a Chinese death spinner.

I've had a quick go on a mates bike with a remote Reverb & that was 100% better.

If I bought a new frame that took a Reverb, & more importantly it didn't compromise the ride quality, I'd get one; but the Niner is 27.2 & obviously, it was defying the laws of physics to try & design a version of the Reverb into [i]that[/i] size.

*spits out sour grapes*

😉

For Nickdavies- some KS posts have a quick release cable, designed for your problem (though, tbh mine come out easily enough anyway with the post dropped)

KS lev do a 27.2mm, had mine fitted to my Hummer with a 27.2 shim for ages now, not a problem.

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Very neat design, the cable doesn't sag like the reverb hose does, the cable to seatpost attachment point is very well sealed with an alloy cap and o-ring so nae crud can drop down the cable housing and the entry point can be at the back/front/side/wherever you like as the top of the seatpost clamp can rotate round. It's shown on the side on the above pic for illustration purposes only, i now have it towards the front of the post

I fit Fox DOSS, Rockshox Reverb and Crank Bros Kronologs on bikes at work and could use any of them (with corresponding shim) for trade/cost price but i paid full full price from H-bike germany for the KS, i feel it's a superior design with superior lever that fits my ODI Troy Lee grips and i've not had any probs with it at all...unlike all of the others i've listed above.