I just want to reiterate my thoughts on droppers, because there's a lot of dropper evangelism in this thread, and I know Eric isn't saying droppers are necessary, and I do agree with everyone that they're nice to have, BUTTTTTT I tend to side with Grant on this:
Lower the seat 1.5 to 2 cm from your normal seat height and just leave it there. That will probably give you enough room to move around on the bike to ride everything short of really steep stuff. Modern MTBs basically require a dropper post, because it's nearly impossible to stand and climb, especially with rear suspension, regardless of linkage design. They are made for seated climbining, but to keep the front wheel on the ground while you're climbing seated, you have to get your weight over the front wheel, which requires a HIGH seat. And to get back far enough to go downhill, that HIGH seat has to get out of the way, so you have to drop it or you'll endo. The Gus doesn't work that way. You can climb seated or standing, and a sort of in between seat height allows that. Same for descending, you're not going over the bars, so you can descend seated on smooth stuff and if it gets chunky or steep a slightly lower saddle gives you the space to stand up and move back enough. It's really only when stuff gets scary steep and you want your butt way behind the saddle that it's a problem, and if that's less than 10% of your riding, a QR (or a wrench) will be sufficient. Paul On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 11:13:16 AM UTC-4 Eric Daume wrote: > A real dropper is a lot handier to use, especially when the trail is > rolling up and down. Being able to push a button on the bar and drop the > saddle for a quick slope or hard corner is great. It’s not about riding up > and then down. It’s up down up down up down…. > > Eric > Now a dropper fan > In Ohio where the hills roll. > > > On Thursday, October 20, 2022, Erik <litho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Not only do I have a quick release, I picked up an old Hite-Rite to go >> with it! I salvaged the quick release from an old Bridgestone that’s been >> in my shed for a long time. It’s certainly an option, but I did have >> problems with the post slipping. Given that I’m not out charging around, >> stopping to set the seat height isn’t that onerous a task. I have >> occasionally stopped and dropped the saddle with a hex key for longer >> descents. Maybe I’m just overthinking the dropper post thing and need to >> embrace the quick release! >> >> On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 5:16:13 AM UTC-7 mkernan...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Erik, Sweet looking Gus! In reading your post it seems like >>> your missing a dropper option, Have you considered putting on a quick >>> release at the seatpost binder bolt? You said you’ve been riding many >>> iterations of MTBs since the 80s so I’m sure you’ve had a bike with one >>> before. I put one on my Atlantis and it’s great for dropping the seat >>> post tool- free when I want to get back a little. I think Riv might sell >>> something on their site. It’s no dropper but it is helpful in some >>> situations. -Mike >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0CC5EF6D-3C23-402C-B55D-A09DBD7AC46B%40gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0CC5EF6D-3C23-402C-B55D-A09DBD7AC46B%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/82c589e9-f9b1-484c-933c-9d16d3e22631n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/82c589e9-f9b1-484c-933c-9d16d3e22631n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7aeeeace-0703-4c39-beb2-d4cbecfd6790n%40googlegroups.com.
