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  • 24-08-2020 3:15pm
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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭


    Gotten out and around Ticknock over the last few weeks for the first time I've been MTBing in years. I realised my seat post is too narrow for the frame, so I've to get a new one anyway, I was just wondering what's the done thing at the moment?

    I did a lot of MTBing in the 90s, when you just had your QR saddle and popped it up and down as needed. I have neither the funds or the spousal approval to spend €100 on a hydraulic dropper post.

    I found this; https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08D9P4PLG?pf_rd_r=9QEC2W49GZVA6AHHENHH&pf_rd_p=e632fea2-678f-4848-9a97-bcecda59cb4e

    Is this gimmicky Chinese rubbish and I should stick to a regular post, or is there are another option?


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    #2
    Biopace
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭Biopace


    BrandX post on Chain Reaction, cheap and reliable

    (Unfortunately not €100 cheap but worth the extra euros)


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    TooObvious
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭TooObvious


    If you haven't the cash stick to a regular post. Old school XC.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Cheers, I'll grab a standard post for now and stick a dropper on my Santy list :D


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    muckwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 4,078 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    If you've never used a dropper post then it seems like the most ludicrous extravagant thing possible. But after you've used one it becomes as essential as a suspension fork.


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