Dropper on a pure road bike
07-13-21, 11:35 PM
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you just have to learn to adjust your seat post on the fly. Been doing it for years on my old mountain bikes until I got my new bike with a dropper post.
Another solution would be to get an old Hite Rite by Breezer. It clamps on to your seat post and seat post quick release. When you loosen the quick release you can drop your seat and then tighten it to hold your seat down. To then raise your seat you again loosen the quick release and the spring will raise your seat back up to your desired height. All is this on the fly of course.
Another solution would be to get an old Hite Rite by Breezer. It clamps on to your seat post and seat post quick release. When you loosen the quick release you can drop your seat and then tighten it to hold your seat down. To then raise your seat you again loosen the quick release and the spring will raise your seat back up to your desired height. All is this on the fly of course.
07-14-21, 02:27 AM
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That's exactly what I was thinking of. It would be simple and effective on a road bike.
07-14-21, 02:32 AM
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I suppose that would work if your descents were polarised ie. one massive long alpine descent. Where I live I would be stopping every couple of minutes to adjust the post. Even more so on the mtb!
07-14-21, 02:57 AM
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Why aren't we all hopping made at the goddamn UCI for turning them into a dead end? Diamond frames in carbon are kinda dumb; it's not making the best use of the material's possibilities.
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Seems like a tall order to me, if you want it to keep working and not rattle. 150g would be far more in the realm of possibility as a modification to a beam bike.
Why aren't we all hopping made at the goddamn UCI for turning them into a dead end? Diamond frames in carbon are kinda dumb; it's not making the best use of the material's possibilities.
Why aren't we all hopping made at the goddamn UCI for turning them into a dead end? Diamond frames in carbon are kinda dumb; it's not making the best use of the material's possibilities.
I can't help you with the UCI.
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you just have to learn to adjust your seat post on the fly. Been doing it for years on my old mountain bikes until I got my new bike with a dropper post.
Another solution would be to get an old Hite Rite by Breezer. It clamps on to your seat post and seat post quick release. When you loosen the quick release you can drop your seat and then tighten it to hold your seat down. To then raise your seat you again loosen the quick release and the spring will raise your seat back up to your desired height. All is this on the fly of course.
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The main reason mtn bikes have the lever on the bar is to allow the rider to keep their hands on the bar. Even grabbing a water bottle can be tricky in certain situations. Back when forks had the lockout on the fork, there were times I forgot to unlock the fork - after the climb; starting the descent - and was *$^@#ed. Going 15 mph down a rocky switchback (worsened by a locked-out fork) eliminated the option to take a hand off the bar.
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I've often though that too. My engineering background is in F1 motorsport, which is also held back massively in performance by technical regulations (although for good reason in this case).
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07-16-21, 09:49 PM
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Obviously you need a little more lead time than a dropper and there are some situations where you just can’t cause of the rapidly changing terrain but really, it’s not that hard. As far as raising the seat either pinch the saddle with your inner thighs and stand or if the terrain is forgiving, just grab the saddle by the horn and lift it. This is where the Hite Rite works wonders.
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Hey Big John,
Obviously you need a little more lead time than a dropper and there are some situations where you just can’t cause of the rapidly changing terrain but really, it’s not that hard. As far as raising the seat either pinch the saddle with your inner thighs and stand or if the terrain is forgiving, just grab the saddle by the horn and lift it. This is where the Hite Rite works wonders.
Obviously you need a little more lead time than a dropper and there are some situations where you just can’t cause of the rapidly changing terrain but really, it’s not that hard. As far as raising the seat either pinch the saddle with your inner thighs and stand or if the terrain is forgiving, just grab the saddle by the horn and lift it. This is where the Hite Rite works wonders.
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I'm kinda bummed downhill road never took off...
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I read that Red Bull is still running it's "Road Rage" events which started in the L.A. area in 2005 on a steep road called Tuna Canyon. Miles Rockwell won that event on a standard road bike. Red Bull Road Rage - Wikipedia
07-19-21, 02:51 AM
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I read that Red Bull is still running it's "Road Rage" events which started in the L.A. area in 2005 on a steep road called Tuna Canyon. Miles Rockwell won that event on a standard road bike. Red Bull Road Rage - Wikipedia
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Don't click if you don't want to know the results from today's Milan-San Remo (first major road race win with a dropper post?):
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That was incredible. Also thanks to Lazyass for pointing out neutral service with droppers, I hadn't seen that. I wonder if we'll see supporting riders in big races with droppers just incase their leaders need a bike.
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Now they just need to figure out how to make droppers lighter for mainstream road bike use.
03-20-22, 10:14 AM
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60mm drop is just over 2”. Seems like it made a pretty big difference though.
With the real but illegal possibility of riding 11lb bikes, the pros have all sorts of options to get back up to weight.
What does the UCI say about suspension forks? (Kidding, I think)
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there's gonna be a run on dropper posts..
Easton already offers a D-post with either 50 or 70mm travel, 27.2, 350 & 370mm lengths so it should fit many road frames nicely. Only 373 g $350 - Easton seems to like those mid 300 numbers... LOL!
Easton EA90 AX
no question that races where descending plays an important role, will find many more riders using...
...much more than marginal gains, now that it's out of the bag.
Ride On
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Easton already offers a D-post with either 50 or 70mm travel, 27.2, 350 & 370mm lengths so it should fit many road frames nicely. Only 373 g $350 - Easton seems to like those mid 300 numbers... LOL!
Easton EA90 AX
no question that races where descending plays an important role, will find many more riders using...
...much more than marginal gains, now that it's out of the bag.
Ride On
Yuri
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Last year I got a 27.2 PNW post I’d used on my mid 2010’s MTB. I knew full well I wouldn’t keep that bike much longer and I was planning to keep the post. That day has come.
It’ll go on the gravel bike, quite seamlessly since it runs on 1x with wireless Archer Trail shifting, I’ve got multiple empty cable guides to route it.
In watching the video, did anyone else get the impression that incredible descending skills and ice water in his veins had more to do with the win than the 60mm dropper?
It’ll go on the gravel bike, quite seamlessly since it runs on 1x with wireless Archer Trail shifting, I’ve got multiple empty cable guides to route it.
In watching the video, did anyone else get the impression that incredible descending skills and ice water in his veins had more to do with the win than the 60mm dropper?
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