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Submitted by
fredjjjj
a Cross Country Rider
from North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Obsession Bikes | | Strengths: | Works! Can't ride without one! | | Weaknesses: | See below for personal tweaking! | | Similar Products Used: | GD Classic | | Bike Setup: | Specialized EPIC 2008 S-Works | | Bottom Line: | Follow up to my review a few weeks ago.
Finally figured out how to get it working!
Adjustment nut under the rubber sleeve needs
occasional adjustment for the pin to line up.
The backplate attaching the pin housing to the
post has come off on my Turbo as well as the Classic model.
Solution: Epoxy it back on, making sure the pin can move
freely (careful). Support it with two zap straps to hold in
place. Also, to dampen the 'shock' to the backplate
when on-the-fly slam-dropping the post using the QR,
I added a zap strap around the seat post below the backplate.
Now it works like a charm! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Anderson
a Downhiller
from santa cruz, california,usa
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | watertower, mailboxes | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycle Trip | | Strengths: | Eliminates need to constantly adjust seat height on downhill descents. | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Nomad | | Bottom Line: | This seatpost will spoil you. My initial reservations (do I really need this?) were quickly replaced with "how did I ever get along without this". The on the fly adjustability is really nice, and if you are like me and didn't like stopping all the time to adjust your seat height you'll be stoked. My riding has improved as a result. This seatpost should be mandatory if you do some climbing mixed with downhill singletrack. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
HuckaBarryHound
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle, Wa, Usa
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Bottom Line: | I've only had a few rides on it so I can't speak to long term reliability. The ability to adjust on the fly is great. I really posted in response to the last post. I had issues with it dropping on my first ride. Then I read the instructions!! You gotta adjust the collar under the boot. It hasn't had any issues in the 2 rides since I did that. That is true of the classic style also (the collar under the boot). This thing is not cheap, so the value rating is relative. If you really want this functionality then it's a great value. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fred Jorgensen
a Cross Country Rider
from North Vancouver BC Canada
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS: Obsession Bikes | | Strengths: | Great idea, lousy design!!!
| | Weaknesses: | Cable sensitivity. Tried routing forward and backward
with metal loop. Nothing works. It drops and rises when it shouldn't (or doesn't when it should!). I need 8 inches of post travel, and use both the GD and QR manual (on the fly)
when necessary. No matter how I smoothly I route the cable, it never works properly. | | Similar Products Used: | I've tried 3 different Turbo post, they all become flaky after a week of two.
Currently replacing them with the 4 inch 'Classic' model. (Magnetic activation). Looks promising, but I'm concerned about the strength from other posts. Time will tell. (Warranty replacement great through LBS:Obsession Bikes, North Vancouver) | | Bike Setup: | Specialized S Works Enduro Carbon. | | Bottom Line: | Possibly better performance if you never use the
manual QR for adjustment, then the cable doesn't have to move. I need both the GD and manual, and this one is just not reliable.
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Submitted by
Eric
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from Menlo Park, CA USA
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Sick&Twisted | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Gravity Dropper website | | Strengths: | Provides on-the-fly seat height adjustment for XC, mixed or hairball descents. Several stop point options (talk to GD customer svc.) Easy to actuate. GD customer service extremely responsive and easy to order from. | | Weaknesses: | Easy to damage cable due to forward routing from seatpost; re-routed facing backwards, eliminated problem. Also heard that V-brake cable noodle can be used to route cable down and out of the way. | | Bike Setup: | '07 Specialized Enduro SL Pro | | Bottom Line: | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
If you get one, I recommend routing the cable backwards from the seatpost then down and forward along the frame. My first forward-facing setup was mashed after a few rides. If you have an old V-brake noodle, use it at the outlet to redirect the cable down to get it out of the way.
Like an ATM or cell phone, it seems unnecessary at first, but once you start using it, you can't imagine life without it. Prevents stopping all the time to raise, lower, repeat. Unfortunately, I still have to wait for my friends without one who stop, raise, lower, repeat (while they make fun of my goofy seatpost.) GD should offer a group discount to fix this dilemma. Great for XC races. Haven't tried the Joplin, looks decent. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Seven Summits | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | GravityDropper | | Strengths: | Easy to setup and you can raise or lower without weighting/unweighting the saddle. | | Weaknesses: | none really | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler AM | | Bottom Line: | This is my second GD seatpost... I had the original model with the remote for 2 seasons and liked it a lot so I sold it and decided to try the Turbo... at first I wasn't impressed because the release mechanism needed a lot of pressure at the remote lever to release if I didn't unweight the saddle. This lasted for about 1 month and now it is super smooth and barely takes any thumb pressure to actuate the post... Bottom line, this thing rocks and will improve your riding experience. I love meeting skeptical riders on the trail and then waving bye-bye as they struggle with sections where there are technical features mixed in with climbing sections... do yourself a favour and pick one up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Todd Luman
a Cross Country Rider
from Ventura, CA
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$299.00 | | Purchased At: | GD web site | | Strengths: | It works as promised and was easy to install. | | Weaknesses: | The remote lever is plastic and looks cheap for a $300 dolar product, but it works. I don't know how well it will hold up in a crash. | | Similar Products Used: | I have only used standard seatpost design before this purchase. | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Epiphany, SRAM X.0, Dave's Speed Dream wheels, and other goodies. | | Bottom Line: | I bought the Ellsworth Epiphany after riding a Truth because I love downhill riding but wanted to maintain climbing efficiency. I found it more difficult to get behind the seat on techical steep downhill section with the Epi and sought a solution that would allow me to drop the seat. I thought about just throwing on a quick release, but that is a hassle IMO and on past bikes I found myself not using it.
I decided to get the GD based on reviews I saw on MTBR. This post has transformed the Epi. Drop the seat and let the bike fly. Come up to a climb or fat section and immediately raise the seat with a flick of the remote. This post is a MUST to open up the full potential of 5-6" travel bikes on the downhills while maintaining your pace. There is a weight penalty but the performance one gains makes it well worth it IMO.
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Submitted by
Randy
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, AB, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 9, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | gravitydropper.com | | Strengths: | Easy installation, and soooo nice to use on rolling trails with lots of ups and downs. Like the mechanical aspect versus the hydraulic of the Maverick. I bought mine after a friend rode with one for three years and had no issues with his. | | Weaknesses: | I am a little concerned with the play in the top shaft as it always feels like the seat is loose but you forget about it after you start riding. I had to get a shim to fit into my seattube and either the shim or the post itself is not exactly to size as it would slide down while riding. A piece of a coke can cut and put in between the post and shim fixed that. | | Similar Products Used: | maverick speedball | | Bike Setup: | Was an 04 Banshee Chaparral but is going on an 08 Banshee Rune, marz AM1, manitou evolver, hadleys on 729s, X9 and Juicy 7s. | | Bottom Line: | Pricey but if you love riding, this is a necessity and it will spoil you. I had to order a new shim for my new bike because of the different seat tube size and that means I have to ride with a conventional seat post until it comes...and I am not as excited about riding a new bike on a warm spring day with no snow as I should be. Yep, I am spoiled... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Weekend Warrior
from Prescott
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Speedgoat | | Strengths: | Adjustable seat height with a handlebar mounted lever. | | Weaknesses: | Weight and another cable and lever on the handlebars. Cable adustment not great but not bad. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Titus ML 27.5 pounds with Gravity Dropper 26.8 pounds with standard seatpost. | | Bottom Line: | I do not consider myself a great rider and the Gravity Dropper does nothing to improve the uphill ridging but when you turn the bike down hill hit the lever and lower the seat and throw in some steps and drops the Gravity Dropper shines. I go down sections now that I used to get off the bike and walk around and I have the confidence to do it. The Gravity Drooper has greatly reduced my fear factor on some technical downhill section and increased my fun factor so much I now find myself just launching over some of those sections. The Gravity Dropper is heavy and expensive but the benefits are much more rewarding. I first got the Descender post with the release lever on the post, it works but you soon find how much you need two hands on the bars on rough trails. I converted it the the Turbo post. Spend the extra money and get one of the handlebar lever system. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Reuben
a Weekend Warrior
from Plains, MT
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$299.00 | | Purchased At: | direct | | Strengths: | Amazing confidence booster on downhills. It allows you to lower your center of gravity without having to get to far back on the bike. | | Weaknesses: | I have the 4" and i think a 3" would probably fit me and my riding better. | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Durango sx mostly stock | | Bottom Line: | If you want to crank it hard on the ups and flats and then be ready to hit the downhills with a huge confidence boost this seat post is for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a Weekend Warrior
from Fife, Wa.
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | The one I'm on that day | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$299.00 | | Purchased At: | Direct | | Strengths: | Very easy to use and install | | Weaknesses: | None... | | Similar Products Used: | Original Gravity Dropper..also excellent | | Bike Setup: | Klien Palomino XL..Cross Country set up | | Bottom Line: | I used orginial 3" for 3 years and was so impressed when I saw the option for turbos 4" adjustablilty, lighter, even faster seat up....and all black now..to match bike better I had to get it...also Everyone at Gravity Dropper is great to deal with...any questions...service questions..whatever..I believe with there years of experience with this type of product it keeps them ahead of the rest...Besides suspension and disc brakes maybe the best product ever invented for Mt.Biking... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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