Fat Bikes / Fatbikes

I also thought dropper seatposts were a load of pish. On my mtb the rear shock is an RP23 with large air can, so with the compression damping on rides most things, for serious down let out the compression damping which drops the rear end about 2" into its travel, so doesn't need a dropper.

Then I borrowed someone's <20lb hard tail with a dropper and instantly figured why people have them.

WTF? Dropper posts are best for trail bikes which need winching to the top of a big arsed hill before caning the downs. I've got one on my 6" FS and it's a real bonus. Putting a dropper on a super light xc hard tail seems a strange choice as they probably don't get used for excessive downhill riding.

And there's something up with your RP23 if it does that.