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DROP READY TECHNIQUE
2019-10-22 14:42:00 - 7839

   

A drop – ready is a new technique which is applied to the frame of the sporty bike. The seat-tube is designed to be able to connect with dropper post.

Dropper ready technique is known as state-of-the-art technology in the bicycle field, especially is MTB. It turns bike manufactures into a new leaf. It is innovated and developed a few years ago. In 2014, gear manufactures and frame manufactures also start designing frame just which suitably apply the dropper seat post. Till this day, manufactures create a lot of different types, structure and price. Almost mountain bikes have recently applied the dropper seat post.

   

   

To increase and lower the height of the dropper seat post, you just adjust by using a remote on the handlebar. If you want to lower the dropper seat post, you hold down the remote and press a saddle down. If you want to increase it, you just press the remote. 

There are some kinds in the market, such as: adjusting the cable which is connected with a remote and seat-post and another one by using hydraulic system.

   

There are 3 seat-post types:

Image 1: The external cable matching with the head of seat - post

Image 2: The external cable matching with the middle of seat – post

Image 3: The internal cable matching with the bottom of seat – post

   

The first one is designed with the external cable. It is inconvenient since lowering the seat – post, the cable will be stuck and damage easily.

The second type is also matching with the external cable. However, the cable attaching to the shaft is better than the first one. This is simply because the fixed nature of the shaft-mount means your cable length does not need to adjust to the seat - post height, therefore providing a far cleaner aesthetic and less chance of damage.

The last thing is the most common method of cable routing on modern mountain bikes. The cable is put inside the frame which brings a lot of benefit including a sleeker aesthetic, reduced risk of contamination from dirt and debris and reduced chance of damage in the event of a crash.

Asama also allows the drop ready technique to the frame by creating the cable route inside the seat tube. (If you don’t use this hole, you can use a cap attached to avoid something dirty)

   

   

Nowadays, when you ride a bike on the terrain, you won’t waste much time to stop and adjust the saddle then, just by sitting and pressing the remote.