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Democratising the dropper seatpost

XCO racing is doing what downhill never could, embracing the dropper seatpost. And the consequences could be significant. In the beginning, there was no XCO or stage racing. It was all downhill, without helmets, on awfully unsophisticated rigid bikes. The Mount Tamalpais Repack race, held during the 1970s near San Francisco, was the first timed […]

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Review: RockShox Reverb

It’s hard to imagine that not too long ago dropper posts where an oddity found only on custom builds and made by only a handful of manufacturers. Even though the benefits were clear, the early samples were unreliable, short on drop and needed lots and lots of care. Fast forward to today and dropper posts […]