Dropper - What to buy?

Johnny Utah

Johnny Utah

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Hey fam - I am becoming less fat and wanted to get a trail bike, after lusting on Evil’s for years this one came up for sale for a realistic price, so I realistically had to have it.

Got it setup for my liking and need to add some love, the biggest piece is a dropper as I feel this bike needs one to come alive. I have 8” of post from the frame to the top of the post below the seat clamp. 14.5” from bottom of seat clamp (on seat) to where it looks like the post would bottom in the frame.

After a Reverb nightmare in 2014, I want something reliable, I am sure it has all come a long way since the 2014 Reverb dropper.

What would you recommend? I am of the mindset i don’t need a lot of travel, but then again, I have been out of the game.




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OneUp for sure. I also set up my backup bike with an SDG tellis. Both work really well. I didn’t have much success with Reverb.
 
Oneup 150mm should fit , they have the shortest stack height of any post . Being able to shim down to 130 if needed but I'm sure it will fit . Sweet offering I love mine . I don't have any 30.9 droppers for sale though
 
All I can say about dropper posts is the Bike Yoke on my Spot Ryve has been reliable since I bought the bike in March 2020. Haven't done anything to it other than replace the cable a couple of times.
 
Like many have said, I would highly recommend OneUp components dropper with a Wolftooth lever. I've tried many different brands and levers and I find that combination to be the best for me. I like the OneUp mainly because it is very serviceable, your can add air pressure, widely available, and cost is very competitive. As for the Wolftooth lever, I just like the feel of it best. I've tried, Fox, OneUp, etc.
 
It seems like catastrophic failures like that are so rare I'm not sure it would sway any decision on what post to buy.

So far, the only negative experience I've had with any dropper is the Fox Transfer on my Heckler. It usually requires some additional encouragement to return to the pedaling position when I push the lever. It doesn't seem like a lack of cable tension as turning the barrel adjuster hasn't helped any. My hunch is the housing is binding up somewhere along the convoluted path it has to take inside the frame due to the VPP suspension and lower shock location.

The other dropper post I have is a Reverb AXS. That works amazingly well although I fully understand not wanting to spend that much on a seat post.
 
I had a one up v2 and it was great. I got a V3 on my new bike.

If you go shorter travel, they’re super light. If you don’t care about weight, I’d get the most travel you can fit. Getting super low is such as advantage in tight twisty trails and technical areas.

I think One up has a guide that will show what you can fit in your frame.
 
Ian F said:
It seems like catastrophic failures like that are so rare I'm not sure it would sway any decision on what post to buy.
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The odds are in my favor now that it's happened once, but I'm not pushing my luck with another one. The way they dealt with it was less than ideal. Pretty much said that I probably sit too much while going through rocky terrain and this has only happened a few times so they felt the failure rate was acceptable. After lots of back and forth, 3 weeks later they offered to refund the wholesale cost of the post.
 
I'm not fussy, and we have a bunch of different posts in the "fleet", but my daughter has a PNW Loam that has been great. I opened it up once to lube, but only because I wanted to change the travel. It's been through long wet races, never bound up or slowed (some of ours have).

We have one Fox in the rotation also. It's OK, but PNW seems better, and less expensive I believe.

Have used a bunch of the sub $100 transX posts. They were fine for a decent amount of time. We treat them harshly and eventually the coating on the stanchion wears off. That said, I have one on my fat bike that has been going for years... The stanchion looks more silver than black at this point, but it refuses to give up. Can't complain for the price I paid.

I echo Jeremy, get one with as much travel as you can for that bike. Looks like it would be loads of fun. I thought the drop was "good enough" on my trailbike, but it isn't optimized and it annoys me at times.
 
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V3 on sale , end thread lol
 
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