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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2016 - 05:31pm PT
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Thanks guys. The wife is letting me pick my Xmas present, so I've got my sights set.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Nov 29, 2016 - 05:46pm PT
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A QR should be used with a dropper seat post. If your dropper fails, the QR allows it to be used as a regular seat post to get you home.
QR is not needed- it's just extra weight if you have a dropper. For as seldom as a seat dropper breaks and as short as most mtb rides are (less than 15 miles), it's not a problem to just stand up and pedal (or manually raise the seat if low on air).
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Matt's
climber
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Nov 29, 2016 - 06:41pm PT
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Matt
I view it sort of like hexes to slcd in climbing -all do the job but sometimes the right tool is needed for the job at hand.
are you insane? The SLCD revolutionized trad climbing. The dropper seatpost just lets you lower your seatpost a few seconds faster than a quick release. It's impact on the cycling world has been... zero.
If you want to go down the metaphor route- the dropper seatpost is the omega pacific link cam of the cycling world--- theoretically better and more convenient than normal cams, but in reality a pain and likely to break at the worst moment.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Nov 29, 2016 - 09:00pm PT
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It's impact on the cycling world has been... zero.
Far from zero for those of us who like to ride fast. Changing your seat height with a QR generally requires one to get off the bike to do it right and at the very least you need to be on relatively easy terrain to do it on the fly because you have to take one hand off the handlebar. Try doing that while hurtling through a rock garden or frantically downshifting just before charging up a 25% grade change.
Dropper: After about 6 months you get used to the shifting up/down and it becomes automatic. All the easier if you are running a 1x drive train and you can use a shifter paddle-type release lever on the left.
The fastest and most talented riders at my local area all have droppers. Some even have them on their ultralight hardtail rigs so the can rally the DHs.
IMO the dropper is as big a leap in actual riding performance as the jump from v-brakes to discs. Don't believe me, go time yourself (or Strava) on a complete CC loop with steep technical or fast flowy DH with and without a dropper.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Nov 29, 2016 - 09:14pm PT
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are you insane? The SLCD revolutionized trad climbing. The dropper seatpost just lets you lower your seatpost a few seconds faster than a quick release. It's impact on the cycling world has been... zero.
also it is starting to show up on the world cup xc circuit.
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 29, 2016 - 09:30pm PT
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Wouldn't ride without a dropper post for my Trail Bike...Don't need one for my Downhill Bike... :)
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Nov 30, 2016 - 07:35am PT
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I, too, would recommend a KS Lev. I've got it on my Lapierre AM.
The only weakness that I could find is the plastic (nylon) gizmo that attaches the trigger to the handlebar. Far too easy to over-tighten…
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