Ok, was considering this dropper as upgrade on my bikepacking/trail hardtail but a dropper mechanic in my LBS says that design of this dropper isn't good. From his words, the dropper fixation is similar to one of Crackbrothers old dropper, which initially had a good reviews but after short time was discontinued because of the issues. Every time dropper fixes in some position, it slightly deforms the fixing surface and after some time, under load, it will start to slip through at spots where dropper was fixed the most. Also, he says that in this dropper the fixation area is even smaller than on Crackbrothers dropper so it will fail even faster.
Feb. 15, 2019, 3:39 a.m. - mzro
Ok, was considering this dropper as upgrade on my bikepacking/trail hardtail but a dropper mechanic in my LBS says that design of this dropper isn't good. From his words, the dropper fixation is similar to one of Crackbrothers old dropper, which initially had a good reviews but after short time was discontinued because of the issues. Every time dropper fixes in some position, it slightly deforms the fixing surface and after some time, under load, it will start to slip through at spots where dropper was fixed the most. Also, he says that in this dropper the fixation area is even smaller than on Crackbrothers dropper so it will fail even faster.