Still have a couple GD posts kicking around my place but they're pretty shagged at this point after multiple rebuilds. Swapped out the sh*t remotes for Fox DOSS remotes (use a nut & bolt to clamp cable at remote end) and performance is good. Replacing the guide keyways is hilarious (shaving to size!) but all in all they are bone simple to work on and who cares if they're ugly.
Plus Gravity Dropper knew from day one that having the cable moving with the post is silly.
I'd love to see a next-gen GD that uses magnets to pull a collet instead of the pin system to run a boot-less setup that's cleaner looking but still uses the coil spring. They're no longer confined by the space of a 27.2 post and looks aside they need to produce a product with more travel.
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e13 is reliable in the way you describe except that I had issues with the head coming loose until I used Loctite to hold it in place and I don't love the keyway system for the head. If e13 came up with a way to load all the guts into their post from the bottom - as Ritchey has done - it would basically be a coil sprung Kit and that's a win to me.
Moral of the story is that there are a lot of great dropper posts on the market today. I really like my 160mm Highline but I'd be happy to ride any of the posts I've tested in the last couple years: X-Fusion Manic, e13 TRS+, this Kite, and the Race Face Aeffect that I'm also riding right now.
Feb. 13, 2018, 10:13 a.m. - Andrew Major
Still have a couple GD posts kicking around my place but they're pretty shagged at this point after multiple rebuilds. Swapped out the sh*t remotes for Fox DOSS remotes (use a nut & bolt to clamp cable at remote end) and performance is good. Replacing the guide keyways is hilarious (shaving to size!) but all in all they are bone simple to work on and who cares if they're ugly. Plus Gravity Dropper knew from day one that having the cable moving with the post is silly. I'd love to see a next-gen GD that uses magnets to pull a collet instead of the pin system to run a boot-less setup that's cleaner looking but still uses the coil spring. They're no longer confined by the space of a 27.2 post and looks aside they need to produce a product with more travel. . e13 is reliable in the way you describe except that I had issues with the head coming loose until I used Loctite to hold it in place and I don't love the keyway system for the head. If e13 came up with a way to load all the guts into their post from the bottom - as Ritchey has done - it would basically be a coil sprung Kit and that's a win to me. Moral of the story is that there are a lot of great dropper posts on the market today. I really like my 160mm Highline but I'd be happy to ride any of the posts I've tested in the last couple years: X-Fusion Manic, e13 TRS+, this Kite, and the Race Face Aeffect that I'm also riding right now.