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Remote lever is well worth having. The convenience of seeing a descent and just pushing a button to lower the saddle, and then at the bottom of a climb while carrying momentum from the previous descent being able to raise it again without having to take a hand from the bars makes things so much easier. Having to take a hand from the bars and grapple with a lever under my crotch whilst at speed on uneven terrain does not have appeal in this or most other contexts.
dancing james-
Mmmm, I can see where you're coming from.
My thought on it was that being singlespeed and rigid there's minimal cabling/hosing on the bike just now and kinda wanted to keep it that way.
I guess if I'm forking out for one then maybe worth getting one where remote lever is at least an option.
If only I could find somewhere that does 0% and has the 27.2 Thomson in stock.
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No one's actually answered if droppers are worth having?
I want one, at the moment sometimes I put my saddle down for mountainbiking and it stays like that for a month or so, which puts me off commuting through parks because it's too low for the easy ride to work, then I put it up for a couple of months and have some exciting visits to the trails when I am basically wedged on the seat... The idea of dropping £200 because i can't be arsed to move my saddle more regularly irks me (if I could find a cheap one for £100 or less I'd buy one in an instant)...
M_V
Khornight2
This seems like the best place to ask about this.
I've convinced myself a dropper post will improve the experience of riding my bike but I'm limited in which posts I can use as my frame is 27.2 and also quite small for me (intentionally) so I need 400mm+ of post.
That narrows it down to pretty much Gravity Dropper or Thomson.
I think id prefer not having a remote lever so if I went GD it'd be the Descender with the knob on the front and if Thomson I'd be looking to get/fit the under the saddle lever. Not actually 100% sure these are still available though.
The Thomson's a bit longer but the GD should be long enough.
Is the infinite adjustability (and better quality - if it is better) of the Thomson worth triple the cost of the GD?