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Take the dropper post comment as my opinion of my own bike. Not all droppers
are high maintenance. My Fox DOSS has been running perfect without service for
two and a half years, but in my experience (and in Drew's, also) Gravity
Dropper is affordable, durable, and serviceable – just a bit ugly. I prefer
not to ride mountain bikes without them – a couple hundred dollars is well
spent on a used one in my opinion.
As for what I'd suggest as an "affordable excellence" build for an
intermediate or above rider in the year 2015? 10-speed 2x, clutch derailleur,
brakes that don't suck, fork that doesn't suck, tires that resist flats and
have good traction in wet conditions. Basically what Uncle Dave said. It's
hard to get all these things with a suspension frame for that money, even
without the dropper post.
Sept. 25, 2015, 10:43 a.m. - Morgan Taylor
#!markdown Take the dropper post comment as my opinion of my own bike. Not all droppers are high maintenance. My Fox DOSS has been running perfect without service for two and a half years, but in my experience (and in Drew's, also) Gravity Dropper is affordable, durable, and serviceable – just a bit ugly. I prefer not to ride mountain bikes without them – a couple hundred dollars is well spent on a used one in my opinion. As for what I'd suggest as an "affordable excellence" build for an intermediate or above rider in the year 2015? 10-speed 2x, clutch derailleur, brakes that don't suck, fork that doesn't suck, tires that resist flats and have good traction in wet conditions. Basically what Uncle Dave said. It's hard to get all these things with a suspension frame for that money, even without the dropper post.