[Closed] Dropper post on hardtail

I'm in the 27.2 can't even afford a cheap one but would quite like a decent one camp..
I only ride hardtail or rigid and some of the steep technical stuff at Lustleigh Cleave is verging on trialsy as a result.. Riding trials with your seat up is only for those of us with circus aspirations, you might as well try juggling at the same time if you're that intent on making life hard for yourself..

I'm still waiting for a post that allows you to drop the seat properly out of the way as opposed to just a gesture though

The natural trails you ride must be a million miles away from most i've ridden on. Sounds like you don't really need a mountain bike at all tbh.

"Less than huge hills" refers to the chalk download that makes up all the hills in the South East of England - very few rocks and it's all about riding corners well. And because descents are either short or not that steep then it flows more with a dropper than with the saddle fixed up or down.

Even if I could live without suspension if I had to, I wouldn't give up really good tyres with sticky compounds and tough casings run tubeless at low pressure.

fish wife - Member
kid you not it happened - i nearly rear ended them and they were still slow on the down hill so dropping really improved things for them
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Cool story bro...

On a serious note, I don't see why having a hardtail influences having a dropper or not. I have a Reverb on both bikes and really missed it when I had a hardtail without a dropper. I've spent too long on silly bikes so hathaving the saddle up for anything fun. I think they're brilliant and up these with discs.

 

I'd love one for my road bike, alpine road descents would be much quicker with the saddle out of the way to get a better aero position

Rob Hilton - Member
Lowering your seatpost is...
Really good for steep, technical riding where a lower CoG and ability to move the bike out of your bodies way is great.
Being able to do it at a moment's notice...
if sessioning drops and jumps
makes no difference. In fact I also use the seatclamp to lower it futher for drops & jumps so it's right out of the way - also less likely to bust it in a crash.
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This may come as a surprise but we might ride with different priorities, for different reasons and enjoy different things. We may also have widely varying styles and skill levels. I like is using them a lot and you seem not so much. Not sure what you are getting at here Rob...?

Really?

You were describing what is good about lowering your saddle, not what is good about droppers

Really. I like lowering my saddle with the minimal of fuss, speedily and often without stopping. That's why a dropper works for me. You don't feel the same need in the same way. That's why we have differing points of view. My point is that you don't seem to recognise that people are not the same as you. I may not be as skilled or confident so might use the feature more readily or I might just be lazier. Either of those things is fine - as is the way you ride.

You're now discussing a different subject.

How much did you used to fuss when lowering your saddle back in the dark ages?

Only 2 things stop me having a dropper.

1) The cost
2) The fact that your saddle cannot drop as much as manually dropping it with a normal seat post. For hitting jumps and steep descents I like it properly out of the way. Then I like it quite high for climbing. No dropper I know gives me that flexibility.

If 2 could be solved it might justify 1.

Rase Black Mamba is 9 inches - gonad crushing return speed amongst other negatives

The Vecnum Moveloc is 200mm drop but doesn't crush your bits on return.

You're now discussing a different subject.

Pretty sure I am not, but let's leave that there.

How much did you used to fuss when lowering your saddle back in the dark ages?

Depended on what and how I was riding at the time. The way I approach riding has changed too which may have had an impact. I have gone from having fun and sessioning a lot of of stuff to looking for outright xc speed and back again.

Used to using one on fs bike, have a spare reverb, and a 456evo needed a 27.2 dropper, so just bought a 456evo2 to fit spare reverb,and i get too build up the new frame happy days

scott_mcavennie2 - Member

2) The fact that your saddle cannot drop as much as manually dropping it with a normal seat post. For hitting jumps and steep descents I like it properly out of the way. Then I like it quite high for climbing. No dropper I know gives me that flexibility

Enter the Rase Black Mamba. 9" of drop. That's 228.6mm.

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Ooohh, thanks George.

jamj1974 - Member

Pretty sure I am not, but let's leave that there.

Because you can't admit to being worng? Ok, we'll leave it there.

BTW you can't be pretty sure

sure
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completely confident that one is right.

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FWIW, I think you're both right depending on your exact framing of the 'question'. Score draw, let's say.