Dropper seat upgrade

[MonsterEnergy]

Hello

I have a Carrera Vulcan MTB hardtail, and wondering what dropper seat post to buy?
Anyone know?

 

[fossyant]

RSP Plummet or Brand X from Wiggle - about £100, cheap and do the job.

I have an X-Fusion Hilo SL on one bike and a Rock Shox Reverb on the other. Both great, X-Fusion easier to service, athough no longer sold.

 

[Milkfloat]

If I am being honest, one attached to a new bike. You really won’t get much bang per buck on a Vulcan by going for a dropper post.

 

[MonsterEnergy]

If I am being honest, one attached to a new bike. You really won’t get much bang per buck on a Vulcan by going for a dropper post.

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[SkipdiverJohn]

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What he's saying is that it's a waste of money doing things like fitting a dropper post to a bike like yours. It's usually cheaper to buy a bike already fitted with the features you want on it than it is to keep changing things on an existing bike, especially a fairly low value one where the accessories could end up costing more than the bike itself. Actually, for non-hardcore MTB'ing I regard things like dropper posts and suspension as totally pointless anyway. The sort of off-road riding that most people do does not really need anything more sophisticated than a rigid frame bike with suitable gearing and tyres.

 

[Pale Rider]

I spoke to a rider recently who had a high end dropper post on his expensive titanium gravel bike.

You might ask why, and I did.

He told me he's a gadget freak, but he found the post handy for stopping and starting in traffic, and for taking up a Chris Froome style aero crouch on descents.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I spoke to a rider recently who had a high end dropper post on his expensive titanium gravel bike.

You might ask why, and I did.

He told me he's a gadget freak, but he found the post handy for stopping and starting in traffic, and for taking up a Chris Froome style aero crouch on descents.

In other words, he bought a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

 

[Dogtrousers]

In other words, he bought a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

Not at all. From the description it would seem that the problem was that dropper posts existed, and he didn't have one. So he bought one - problem solved! As he said, he's a gadget freak. This is how we gadget freaks roll

 

[Pale Rider]

Not at all. From the description it would seem that the problem was that dropper posts existed, and he didn't have one. So he bought one - problem solved! As he said, he's a gadget freak. This is how we gadget freaks roll

A mate of mine proved the Chris Froome position works, so this guy probably is noticeably quicker on descents when he drops his dropper post.

I thought it quite a neat solution, given that a 'full Froome' doesn't look too clever from a bike control point of view.

Racing on closed roads being a different environment to giving it full beans on the public highway.