It isn’t just about cramming all the guts into a lot less real estate. Most 27.2 bikes aren’t using dropper-friendly modern geometry. Slacker actual seat angles leverage rider weight against the seal head, bushings, and whatever guide system the post uses to resist twisting. Combined with a lot less real estate and a limited market (people wanting longer dropper posts on older steel hardtails willing to drill Stealth exit holes in their seat tubes) I’d bet longer 27.2 posts will never happen.
Jan. 29, 2020, 10:41 a.m. - Andrew Major
It isn’t just about cramming all the guts into a lot less real estate. Most 27.2 bikes aren’t using dropper-friendly modern geometry. Slacker actual seat angles leverage rider weight against the seal head, bushings, and whatever guide system the post uses to resist twisting. Combined with a lot less real estate and a limited market (people wanting longer dropper posts on older steel hardtails willing to drill Stealth exit holes in their seat tubes) I’d bet longer 27.2 posts will never happen.