Mechanical cable actuation mechanical spring and a key to hold and release the post.
Mechanical spring dropper post.
Had numerous issues with cold operation and o rings with the reverb so now.
Travel dropper seat posts are now available in a wide range of drops from 100 mm right through to a whopping 258 mm.
A dropper post allows you to raise and lower your seat to ensure that it is always in the right spot for every rise and fall in the trail.
Hydraulic only reverb vs mechanical actuation or hydraulic most vs mechanical command post doss joplin holding mechanism.
Catchy name i know.
Cable routing is all internal so the frames need to be designed with internal routing.
Just removed a rockshox reverb stealth from my fat bike and replaced it with the giant contact mechanical dropper post.
The remote or lever itself will be connected to the dropper post either via a mechanical cable or via a hydraulic hose.
As previously mentioned seatpost levers were traditionally the more popular when the technology was in its infancy however as dropper seatposts are becoming more refined handlebar remotes are by far the more popular option.
This product has literally transformed the way we ride for the better but it can be a challenge to find the right one.
While most dropper seatposts depend on an air spring to move the post into the up position several brands have engineered various different systems for controlling the post s travel.
The hite rite seat locating spring.
But first a bit of history.
Way back in the early 1980s joe breeze one of our sport s godfathers developed what is arguably the precursor to the modern dropper post.
Remember that the difference is either.
Seat retention is performed by the reliable and easily adjustable two bolt design.
If you re going to be diligent about maintenance then the reverb s remote gets bled with the rest of the post so it should be solid all the time.
Shims can be used to increase the seat post diameter of a dropper post to fit into a larger diameter frame size but you cannot fit a larger dropper post into a narrower diameter frame.
Thus it is an indexed dropper with 4 distinct seatpost height positions.
Some are fully hydraulic some are purely mechanical and others rely on a fully sealed hydraulic cartridge that s actuated by a cable.
