You are reading a single comment by @853Superfly and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
pit
@853Superfly
Too hot to go outside so doing math instead.
With the aid of the nice diagram and measurements on CRC's dropper post i have carefully worked out that ramming it in up to the hilt* on the Karate Monkeys bent seat-tube should leave me with maybe an inch of wiggle room either way, so i might get to lower the saddle another inch over what i can with the rigid seat post. Or if i set the start height lower i might get a better drop.
Can only drop about 3" at the moment which was ok but a bit more would be nice for steep techy stuff. Seems viable :)
Next is wheel Q/R's current ones are a tad lightweight and the close-over lever is a 2 part design held together by small roll pins. I see a good rock strike shearing the lever into it's 2 parts, FSA wheelset XC290 with FSA Q/R's
Got some random Q/R's in a box somewhere to rummage and try.
Have just looked at Shimano XT Q/R's bit spendy these days. Hope MTB Q/R's next best still ? have an old one that's been fitted/removed with rocks and hammers trackside so i now they are tough, was thinking of the Halo allen head skewers too.... any thoughts ?
*will need large hammer for final 22mm of lower part of post to fully ram up to the hilt, joy of bent and interupted seat tube designs :)