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Never mind the bollocks...!
NB: Originally posted elsewhere on the Global Riders Network and appears via syndication.
Dropper seat post test ...How hard will it hit you in the nuts?
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interesting video.. but isnt the idea that you're still on the seat and you rise with the saddle until at a comfortable height?
rather than stand tall on the pedals and let it wallop you?
I think I'd need some sort of serious booster pump in the set up to expect a dropper seat post to lift my 100+kg as well as the seat???? I'd have thought the whole mech would work / last better if the rider unweighted for both the up and down.....
i wasnt saying you sit on it and expect it to push your arse up. i was suggesting you remain touching the seat... (ie low if its dropped), release the lock and then lift your weight with the seat rather than stand tall and let it just smash you in the balls.
in regards to lowering the post whilst its unweighted... how do you suggest that happens?
I suppose you're saying that you need some downward pressure on the seat to make it drop eh?
Good point. But with the "going back up" bit, it'd be a fine line between "standing tall" and "remaining touching the seat and rising with it" unless you're riding on a road or smooth bit of trail?? Unless it was a slow rise like example 1. Or maybe your core strength is better than mine, which probably wouldn't be hard....
All that needs adding is a new vibrating saddle.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7108667.html
Quote:
"An improved bicycle saddle having a shell which supports at least one battery operated vibrator. When the vibrator is energized, its vibration causes the shell and therefore the bicycle seat to vibrate. The vibrator has an on/off switch so that it may be turned on periodically by the rider to improve the comfort of the bicycle saddle. The bicycle saddle is preferably supported by a rail which has two arms which extend from the front of the underside of the shell to near the back of the shell. A bearing is affixed about the end of each of the arms so that the arms may move inwardly and outwardly along the underside of the shell as the shell is flexed. The shell preferably has a central, angled valley and the saddle is flexible to provide further comfort."
...... ladies