I just got with the latest trend
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I just got with the latest trend
Postby Mugglechops » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:33 pm
Just waiting to see how long until breaks
All the way up
All the way down. Can adjust any height between the 2.
Hydraulic remote mounted upside down on the right hand side.
Will test it out on Friday.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Shifter » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:44 am
Does the reverb work like one of those gas-lift office chairs?
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby trailgumby » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:08 pm
I had to laugh at my mate who has that same model on his Santa Cruz Tallboy. At the Mont 24 last month, it was so cold on the night laps (very low single digits if not freezing) that his seatpost got stuck in the down position, until it warmed up after sunrise
Another mate who had one come stock with his 2011 Reign 1 has an interesting issue. The flex in the saddle is enough so that when I sit down hard with my bony butt it bumps the little button the lever pushes on, and down she goes - like the office prankster has "fixed" my chair
Niggles aside, I've been procrastinating about getting one of those for awhile. At the moment, the weight penalty and the cable going to the top (and therefore flapping around very near your back tyre when compressed) have so far helped me resist the temptation! I'll probably weaken at some stage, though.
All my mates who have them won't go back.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Mugglechops » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:14 pm
I have the matchmaker mount but my shifters don't suit it.
TG, have a look at the new KS dropper. It has the hose at the bottom.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby trailgumby » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:25 am
Just waiting for price on the Lev to come down to something more reasonable.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Mulger bill » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:58 pm
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Mugglechops » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:20 pm
Yeah I saw that one too. Almost twice what I paid for the Reverb though.Mulger bill wrote:Crank Bros have a new one out Kronolog with a bottom cable and flats on the upper post. I'm starting to get interested now.
Fox also has a new one too
And the Reverb
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Marx » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:26 pm
Is it to go down when you’re bombing a descent?
Is it suspension? Added suspension to your dually?
A bike and a place to ride.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Mugglechops » Tue May 01, 2012 7:29 pm
Marx wrote:Yes, I must admit, I don’t know the enhancement this feature in having an adjustable seatpost has on a MTB.
Is it to go down when you’re bombing a descent?
Is it suspension? Added suspension to your dually?
It's the first one. But it is taking me a bit to get used to haveing the seat dropped on descents again.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby trailgumby » Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:52 pm
That's one of the reasons why I haven't yet tried one.
One day soon, though.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Fletch » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:34 pm
I had one of these back in the day, was good in theory, however spring always twisted seat as it poped up, had to grip with thighs to get it straight then lock it up, went in the bin many years agopentlandexile wrote:The Hite-Rite lives!
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby floody » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:24 pm
LOL.Bentnose wrote:When I first satrted MTB I used to drop my seatpost for steep, long descents, I stopped doing that after a short while. I think I'd find something like this annoying, on real steep descents I rest my chest on the seat so it comes in handy being up high. I'd give this a miss myself.
Seriously? Chest on seat? Cannot fathom how you could descend with any pace or have any range of control in that circumstance.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby clackers » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:25 pm
Effing fast, I assume, Floody. Weight entirely on the pedals, heels down, butt over the back wheel, centre of balance down through the bottom bracket.floody wrote:
Seriously? Chest on seat? Cannot fathom how you could descend with any pace or have any range of control in that circumstance.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby floody » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:49 am
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby clackers » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:00 pm
That's why Bentnose specified a long steep descentfloody wrote:Yeah that much is give but if your chest is actually resting on the seat that will be giving up a lot of control and considerably slowing the time it takes to react to trail features .
... and presumably straight. Riding down the face of the cliff, no lateral stuff.
Roadies will get into a position where they hug the top tube, chin down behind the handlebars. Super vulnerable. But quick.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Bentnose » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:49 pm
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby clackers » Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:42 pm
Well, this bloke's practically doing it, Bentnose - AND TURNING!Bentnose wrote:Not resting full weight with my chest, just very far back with the chest hovering above the seat, probably could have worded it better, long steep descent it is, can't really turn too much like this. On a real steep twisty descent it would be bum back chest up, yes a dropper post would make these situations easier but I tend to be so far ahead of my mates on the descents that I don't need any extra assistance. Dropping the seat post would inhibit THE FLOW.
He says "It is EXTEMELY IMPORTANT that you remain centered and balanced on the bicycle in steep terrain, and this means having ALL of your weight on our feet. Not 50% on your hands, and 50% on your feet, not 70/30 … ALL of your weight needs to be on your feet."
As a card-carrying member of the Coward's Association, I'm walking this one!
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Bentnose » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:47 pm
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby floody » Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:33 am
PPS if he isn't about to either pivot around on the front wheel or flick/slide the rear, with all his weight hanging back and inside the near vertical bike, he is definitely about to understeer into the fence.
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Bentnose » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:43 pm
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:35 pm
But season has just finished and I didn't come off once .
For descents I wouldn't bother dropping my saddle, if however I was spending a lot of time in the air then I could certainly see a post like that being handy... airtime on a cross country style bike with saddle right up usually ends up with me biting the dirt sooner rather than later .
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Re: I just got with the latest trend
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:46 pm
Looks to me like he's just about to lift the rear wheel for the pivot on the front, methinks he's gonna use the use the fence to stop the rear swinging past the exit line...floody wrote:PPS if he isn't about to either pivot around on the front wheel or flick/slide the rear, with all his weight hanging back and inside the near vertical bike, he is definitely about to understeer into the fence.
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