Is the modern version of this post any good? I need an offset dropper with stealth routing to run backwards. This comes in an ace version. There's also the contact switch from giant.
Xfusion hilo
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I have two, mainly because I get X fusion through my team. Both are stealth and the first one is still kicking ass, more so than the reverb I tried or the lev I had. The second hilo I bought dumped it's seals in the 2nd ride but after coming back with new seals has been working well. I like that they are shifter cable actuation and the baseball bat lever fits perfect where the front shifter should be.
Running a HiLo Strate. Works fine. No problems. Shoves itself up my ass in a gentle, controlled and polite manner, and rests there firmly with no play unless I use the sleek ergonomic dildo shaped lever to tell it to do otherwise.
In all seriousness, it's fine. And dildo-ey.
In all seriousness, it's fine. And dildo-ey.
One post has 600 miles the other only 200 or so...
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I have the Hilo SLS and it has been working great for me. IF you have any issues, Xfusion has great customer support!
-Brett
-Brett
Awesome, sounds like it's worth a shot. thanks folks./
Another option might by the 9point8 fall line. Stealth, available with backset or not. Its all air/mechanical no hydraulics. Works with a shift cable. 2 options for activation. Supposedly easy to service, but the 2 I have for my bike and my wife's are too new to comment on that 1st hand.
this post got my noodle wandering..... apparently crank bros doesn't currently offer a dropper post
Apparently their kronolog was a giant failure. I truly wonder what those people do, if they employ anybody beyond graphic designers. The trigger for the kronolog was pretty cool, with the logo etched right on there. Shame it didn't work for longer than 3 months.
yea i seem to recall one of the first big reviews revealed a major design flaw with it.
and i'm probably the only person that has a functioning joplin.
Joplin = maverick
Which isn't say all that much, but better than crank bros!
Which isn't say all that much, but better than crank bros!
eh? had they outsourced the design / manufacturing to maverick or something?
Maverick originally designed the "speedball" and made them for a number of years. Crank bros acquired the design amd renamed it "Joplin"
huh. never knew that.
Did a little researching, and to tie it all back to the original thread!
-CB licensed the design from maverick
-when CB came out with the Joplin 4 they redesigned aspects in house and moved away from licensing
-Paul turner (maverick principal then) now consults for x-fusion
-a lot of the original Speedball tech is in the new x-fusion post
There was a maverick ml7 on the roof of every Audi in Boulder back then. Crazy.
-CB licensed the design from maverick
-when CB came out with the Joplin 4 they redesigned aspects in house and moved away from licensing
-Paul turner (maverick principal then) now consults for x-fusion
-a lot of the original Speedball tech is in the new x-fusion post
There was a maverick ml7 on the roof of every Audi in Boulder back then. Crazy.
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All this talk of speedballs makes me wanna freebase
is that supposed to be in the bender thread?