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What should I do with a dropper that's hard to drop and after yesterday's wetter riding stopped fully rising without me lifting it?

I think the seatpost collar needs to be quite tight on the Stanton to stop the dropper post, um, dropping. But tightening the seatpost clamp seems to create enough friction (stiction?) to stop the dropper moving nicely. Add some water and lots of bumps and stuff into the mix and it's not so happy.

Presume they can be pulled down and serviced but is there a quick fix other than backing off the seatclamp and introducing post slippage.

Depends on what the storage looks like- indoors, safe- Serotta. Outside and no chance.

Swap grease for carbon assembly paste and tighten the clamp less.

People grease their seatposts? Weirdos.

Good point about the assembly paste though. Not sure if it has any on it.

Still, I already backed the bolt off and the dropper is quite stiff to drop now it seems.

It would definitely be a quick fix thing, are you in the middle of something or have you got access to most tools? Might help to check the air pressure and top that up and use it a few times with some silicone lube in lieu of a proper service.

I've never taken it out of the bike. Literally no idea how it works - assume there's a little guy in the seatpost pulling levers, much like the way a fridge light works.

I was assuming my first dealings with it would've been up a mountain somewhere @skinny sent us. Lucky I didn't make it that far.

I need to go find the One Up manual.

Not sure I have enough tools for this.
https://www.oneupcomponents.com/pages/dropper-post-service-instructions

Or is it this:
https://www.oneupcomponents.com/pages/dropper-post-v2-service-rebuild

Fuck me, I have to take the saddle off to adjust this shit? I'm out. Droppers are dead to me.

Might simply be that the cable has stretched- is there a tension adjustment barrel on the thumb lever? If so, wind a bit of tension on and see what happens to the action

It's SID silly gripshift thing. I didn't see a barrel adjuster but it might be elsewhere. I don't think it's the cable though - the post is harder now to push down - that doesn't involve cable and the release works, just that the post doesn't rise all the way to the top, ie. something is making it sticky.

Known issue?
https://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=212320

"The only remedy is after every wet/dirty ride is to loosen the collar, take out the white nylon plastic collet, clean the collet and around that area and re-assemble using Slick Honey. Performs as normal after that.
I have air pressure @ 280psi (that dropped off to 240 after 2 weeks also?)

I emailed OneUp and they said "it will take some time to bed in because of tight tolerances"!"

its a common thing for pretty much all droppers, disassembly, clean and slick honey will solve it

@hippy a I have ever done to my OneUp is top up air pressure and spray the side of it with silicone shine then move it up and down a few times.
Give that a try first.

Similar to fork stanchions you might wanna make an effort to keep the shiny part clean ish, i.e. wipe it after every ride.

Honey is for toast and greek yoghurt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLzRBkl6X90

If it doesn't need a full service, can remove the collar and clean the bushing while it's on the bike:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MWoR49Ddcc

Need to find out how to top up the pressure. Saddle off? Do Not Want.

Reminds me, I need to drop my fork pressure back again now it's not loaded up.

Yeah, the moving bits are cleaned normally. This only happened after yesterday's ride in the wet.

Is there a non-MucOff equivalent of Silicone Shine? ie. something I could get at Halfords that does the same thing for 30% the price?

https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/muc-off-silicone-shine-alternatives/

Yeah, Halfords will have some kind of silicon lube spray for various rubber car parts.

Yes, you do need to take the saddle off but I don't have to do it that frequently and it really is no big deal.

We don't have Halfords here but I am sure Supercheap Auto would have something similar.

Rebuild kits are readily available and not super expensive either. I bought one but haven't used it yet.

Geometron?

Rode mine to work one day, it took fucking ages, and I got asked twice by other commuters if the potholes are really that bad

Would do it again.

I'm not planning on riding it for a bit so I might collect some bits and pieces and deal with it later. (aka forget about it until next ride and then be forced to piss on it trail-side to unstick it)

Do the silicone spray sooner rather than later I'd say

I got the missus to clean and lube the chain, maybe I can get her to do a full service on the bike :)

I'll see if I can find a can today.

Something like this?

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I am not, and I stress that I am 100% sincere when I say this, locking that to some railings for 8 hours.

What suggestions do people have for a commuter that isn’t the standard road bike?