Saves 84g with otherwise little apparent benefit, and an eye-watering price. Maybe it’s stiff AF and flex is the real killer of dropper bushings. I mean it’s possible, but I’m skeptical. I definitely have put rock strike dings in dropper shafts before, and the grinding paste that inevitably develops under the external seal has to be bad for the carbon surface.
April 7, 2022, 11:10 a.m. - T0m
Saves 84g with otherwise little apparent benefit, and an eye-watering price. Maybe it’s stiff AF and flex is the real killer of dropper bushings. I mean it’s possible, but I’m skeptical. I definitely have put rock strike dings in dropper shafts before, and the grinding paste that inevitably develops under the external seal has to be bad for the carbon surface.