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Does anyone remember those dark days of riding in a pre-dropper world? Being forced to choose between stopping to lower your saddle or dealing with a high post limiting the fun factor on the descents? Sad times, to be sure. But in all seriousness, dropper posts are one of the most revolutionary products to come along in …

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The main points for installing a dropper post is making sure that it’s highest saddle point matches up with that of your old seatpost. After that, it’s just a case of routing the cable through your frame – it can vary depending on the frame, but we give you a few pointers in this video.

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I have used KS Lev droppers on several bikes and have found them to be, for the most part, reliable and very well designed. The OEM lever that KS includes with their dropper posts, however, has been somewhat frustrating and annoying to me. For starters, having to completely remove your thumb from the grip to …

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I’ll be honest: I hadn’t heard of 9point8 before I spoke with them at Interbike this year. But after finishing my conversation with Steven Park, the owner, I decided that their latest dropper post, the 2015 Fall Line with DropLoc technology, is probably the coolest product that I spotted at the show this year! It …

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While dropper posts seem easy to use, a lot of riders don’t take full advantage of them – hopefully this video can help!

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