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I posted in here that I was thinking about getting a Spa Rove, well, I did and it turned up today.
Knowing it was imminent I’d taken my wheels to work to seat the tyres with the airline there (swapping from massive knobblies to something a bit better suited to the grav).
Was going to chuck all the 1 x 10 stuff from my hardtail on out but the chain and gear cable were too short (kinda surprising as this seems a lot shorter than my mtb but routing is different) so I figured that was the singlespeed gods telling me something.
I went for a real cheap Trans X 70mm drop post from Merlin as I wasn’t going to have room for the 200mm drop post I have, but it turns out it has a bit of suspension too. Not sure if it’s intended or what but might be useful for gravel riding? I think it is intentional as the upper but doesn’t drop all the way down and it has the suspension action when dropped where posts I’ve had that have started getting a bit bouncy as they get gubbed have been solid when dropped.