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Giles

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A two hour fitness dash with a camera in my ruck sack .....


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I am blessed with living on the North Downs and can ride pretty much all day and barely touch tarmac. 1/4 mile from home and the trails start here.


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The bike has a 'dropper' seat post, so for stuff like this, (which is full chat .. Timolgra would struggle to keep up on his 'berg .. :D) the seat post is dropped to give room on the bike to move body weight about easily.


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My cross country bike, whilst pretty old now, is actually a blinding bike. Good quality frame, decent Mavic wheels, XT groupset, carbon bars and stem, the whole package is pretty light. A hard tail around here is absolutely fine (carbon seat stays absorb a lot of buzz), and when you put the hammer down on this old bird, there's very little flex and she can absolutely fly ...


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Because it's light, it's a good climber too. We're off to the ridge in the distance!

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Where we have a lap around 'Kings wood'.

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It's quick i some places, and hard going in others ..

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One more stop for a breather, and then home.

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:thumb2
 
I took the KTM on the byway at the back of Chilham Park the other day......t'was very nice n slippy :green gri
 
Mine has a dropper post, I've never used it. Been mountain biking since 1987 and can't seem to change my old ways...including the move from SpD pedals to flats...I'll stick with my trusty old Time ATACs.:rob
 
Bounce said:
I took the KTM on the byway at the back of Chilham Park the other day......t'was very nice n slippy :green gri
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Thin layer of mud on top of chalk .... very very slippery .... :D


Davey B said:
Mine has a dropper post, I've never used it. Been mountain biking since 1987 and can't seem to change my old ways...including the move from SpD pedals to flats...I'll stick with my trusty old Time ATACs.:rob
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I find the dropper seat post really handy actually, use it quite a bit. It's highest setting is for road use and then i can go from there. The pedals are dual sided so I'm clipped in for proper riding but if i need to bum to the post-office in trainers I can .. :thumb2
 
Explain this 'dropper' seat post? What is it, what doest it do and more importantly do I need one?
 
Like a normal seat post un til you press a cable operated bar mounted button/lever, then the seat drops an inch or 4. Mainly designed for downhill on gnarly stuff so you could hang off the back end of the bike to balance without getting your baggy downhill pants snagged on the back of the saddle at the bottom. Adds 300g to your lightweight bike and adds very little to the party if you've been MTB ing for any length of time. IMHO
 
ha ha ...

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on the left handle bar you see a toggle lever. pull / push this and it pulls a cable that you see running to the seat. That cable releases the mechanism that then drops your post. You need to be sitting on it at the time and use your body weight to push the post into it's housing. The seat is now about 4 inches lower and allows you all the room you need to down hill at speed. (move about, weight back .. no seat in the way). When you need it back up you hit the toggle switch and it will rise up in a split second.

Do you need one?

Depends how seriously you ride I guess. :D
 
Thanks Giles. I guess I need to get my Marin out and dust the 2" layer of dust off it.... I may have just found some inspiration here :thumb2
 
That is my idea of heaven. Unfortunately, due to my ongoing back issues, I haven't been able to do that for over 2 years. Hopefully after 16th January when I have my first op, there will be light at the end of the tunnel. And not the grim reaper.:p
 
Paul G (BHT) said:
Thanks Giles. I guess I need to get my Marin out and dust the 2" layer of dust off it.... I may have just found some inspiration here :thumb2
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Had a Marin mount vision a few years ago - nice bikes .. :thumb2

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Don't be facetious Tricky ...


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I'm normally blowing out my arse and can't speak let alone going brumm brumm ..!


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Giles said:
ha ha ...

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on the left handle bar you see a toggle lever. pull / push this and it pulls a cable that you see running to the seat. That cable releases the mechanism that then drops your post. You need to be sitting on it at the time and use your body weight to push the post into it's housing. The seat is now about 4 inches lower and allows you all the room you need to down hill at speed. (move about, weight back .. no seat in the way). When you need it back up you hit the toggle switch and it will rise up in a split second.

Do you need one?

Depends how seriously you ride I guess. :D
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I thought that little toggle on the bars, was your; decompression lever , for when your blowing out yer arse.:D. Nice photos by the way.
 
Great write-up + photos (despite what some people say). I was wondering what the extra lever was for, too. Who knew modern push-rods had remotly adjustable seat-height?! What will they think of next?
 
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