Лучшие дроппер карты для майнкрафт

RockShox Reverb AXS

4.5 out of 5 star rating

SRAM reckons the post lasts around 40 hours of ride time before it’ll need charging. Andy Lloyd

• Price: £700 / $800 as tested
• Weight: 650g
• Stroke length (* tested): 100mm, 125mm, 150mm*, 175mm, 200mm
• Diameters: 30.9mm, 31.6mm, 34.9mm
• Max length: 440mm

As RockShox’s halo dropper post, it comes as little surprise that the Reverb AXS is a top-scorer. Building on the hydraulic Reverb’s performance, the electrical AXS takes the simplicity of use one step further.

The button’s especially light and easy to push, and the post doesn’t require the physical depression of a lever to actuate, making its use more intuitive to operate even over rough, jolty terrain.

The lack of cables makes fitting easy and it would be possible to share this one post across many bikes. After months of abuse in adverse British weather, it’s still running as it should.

Read our full RockShox Reverb AXS review

KS LEV Integra

4.0 out of 5 star rating

On the bike, the infinite adjustment of the post was smooth and the return was controlled rather than gunshot fast. Andy McCandlish / Immediate Media

• Price: £290 / AU$500 as tested
• Weight: 484g (without remote and cable)
• Stroke length (* tested): 100mm, 125mm*, 150mm, 175mm
• Diameters: 27.2mm, 30.9mm, 31.6mm, 34.9mm
• Max length: 450mm
• Internal length: 250mm

KS’s LEV is light, well priced, flex-free, available in lots of options and more reliable than most of its rivals. It’s been on the market for a while now, so we’ve had plenty of time to work out what it is – and isn’t – good at.

Its large-diameter upper shaft means it flexes noticeably less than most posts when pedalling in longer lengths and on bikes with slack seat angles.

The low weight will appeal to XC/trail riders, and there’s even a 27.2mm version (100mm stroke) for hardtails and older frames. It’s got a smooth and easily controlled stroke with a solid top-out thunk that leaves no doubt that it has re-extended.

Pricing is okay too, with a 100/125mm model at £290, 150mm at £310 and 175mm at £340. KS’s shifter-style ‘Southpaw’ lever (£37 alloy, £59 carbon) is much nicer to use than the short ‘universal’ knuckle lever that comes as standard.

The way that the post extends if you pick the bike up by the saddle is a pet hate of some people. We do still occasionally get LEVs that need a nudge or pull to extend them too, but that’s less common than it used to be.

Our main criticism of the LEV is how the cable is mounted – it’s clamped at the post end instead of the lever. This means accurate cable tension and length is needed to get it working well and it takes longer to set up than posts where the cable is clamped at the remote end.

Read the full KS LEV Integra dropper post review

BikeYoke Revive 2.0

4.5 out of 5 star rating

The BikeYoke Revive 2.0 dropper seatpost is seriously long at 213mm. Andy Lloyd / Immediate Media

• Price: £299-£365 as tested (without dropper lever)
• Weight: 642g
• Stroke length (* tested): 125mm, 160mm, 185mm, 213mm*
• Diameters (* tested): 30.9mm, 31.6mm*, 34.9mm (Revive Max)
• Max length: 397mm (125mm travel), 467mm (160mm travel), 517mm (185mm travel), 582mm (213mm travel)

As far as we are aware, the BikeYoke Revive 2.0 is the longest dropper post on the market with 213mm of travel and a 582mm max length in its biggest size, which is good news for those with long legs.

The low stack height keeps the post out of the way when it’s down, providing plenty of room to move your body around when descending.

The BikeYoke Revive 2.0 has always been praised for its smooth action, and our testing led us to think that this could well be the best feeling cable-operated dropper around, with a precise and light lever feel.

The BikeYoke Revive 2.0 doesn’t come with a dropper lever included, and this will cost an extra £65 on top of the initial £299–£365 outlay (depending on stroke length).

Finally, the post doesn’t use an IFP (internal floating piston) like some other brands. This means fewer seals, less friction and less to go wrong, but it does mean the oil can mix with the air resulting in sponginess. A 4mm bolt underneath the saddle clamp makes it easy to refresh the post, but the necessity of this could be offputting for some.

Read our full BikeYoke Revive 2.0 dropper post review

The best dropper posts for mountain bikes in 2021

• Crankbrothers Highline 7: £270
• OneUp V2: £179/ $209
• BikeYoke Revive 2.0: £299-£365
• Bontrager Line Elite: £300 / $330 / AU$440 / €350
• Brand-X Ascend II: £140 / $150 / AU$220 / €155
• Brand-X Ascend XL: £170 / $180 / AU$275 / €190
• Fox Transfer Performance Elite: £339 / $309
• RockShox Reverb AXS: £700 / $800
• RockShox Reverb Stealth C1 X1: £395 / $400
• Vecnum NIVO 212 TRAVELFIT: €428
• 9Point8 Fall Line: £379 / $349
• Crankbrothers Highline XC/Gravel: £225 / $250 / AU$425 / €250
• e*thirteen Vario Infinite: £200 / $209
• Fox Transfer Factory 2020: £438 / $409 / AU$658 / €498
• KS LEV Integra: £290 / AU$500
• PNW Loam: £146 / $199 / €170
• Syncros Duncan Dropper 2.0: £210 / $230
• X-Fusion Manic: £220

Crankbrothers Highline 7

5.0 out of 5 star rating

Once out on the trail it was a top performer. Andy McCandlish / Immediate Media

• Price: £270 as tested
• Weight: 516g (without remote and cable)
• Stroke length (* tested): 100mm, 125mm*, 150mm, 170mm
• Diameters: 30.9mm, 31.6mm
• Max length: 417mm (125mm travel)

With the Highline 7, it looks like Crankbrothers has nailed performance, reliability and ease of fitment.

The post’s construction screams quality and it was very simple to fit to our test bikes thanks to the cable’s nipple attaching to the post end with the lever clamping the cable at the other end.

The stack height — the distance from the bottom of the post’s collar to the centre of the seat rails — was impressively short at 50mm, too.

Although the remote was £55 extra, we thought it was well worth it, thanks to its smooth action and adjustable angle.

Previously, Crankbrothers’ posts had a reputation for being unreliable, but we had no such experiences with the Highline 7, and should the worst happen, it’s backed by the brand’s four-year warranty.

Top-quality Trelleborg sealing and igus glide bearings mean performance is impressively smooth, easily controlled and consistent even on the longest, dirtiest rides or after an extended rest, although the return speed isn’t adjustable a ‘soft push’ of the lever does make the seat post return slower.

Read our full Crankbrothers Highline 7 dropper post review

Bontrager Line Elite

4.5 out of 5 star rating

The Bontrager Line Elite comes with a dropper lever included. Andy Lloyd / Immediate Media

• Price: £300 / $330 / AU$440/ €350 as tested
• Weight: 558g
• Stroke length (* tested): 100mm, 130mm, 150mm, 170mm*
• Diameters (* tested): 30.9mm, 31.6mm*, 34.9mm
• Max length: 340mm (100mm travel), 400mm (130mm travel), 440mm (150mm travel), 480mm (170mm travel)

The Bontrager Line Elite is the higher-specced of two dropper seat posts from the brand, with the lower being the Bontrager Drop Line.

This model has Bontrager’s MaxFlow cartridge, which makes for faster and smoother action.

The price includes a dropper lever, which works with Shimano I-spec and SRAM Matchmaker levers, but we found the lever to feel spongy when using it in testing.

This dropper post has a greater stack height than others at 62mm, providing less clearance when the post is dropped.

A nice touch is the adjustable travel height. You can change the travel by 10-30mm by placing a spacer underneath the post’s collar.

Overall, the Bontrager Line Elite is hard to fault, performing without issue in testing and proving easy to install.

Read our full Bontrager Line Elite dropper seatpost review

Brand-X Ascend XL

4.5 out of 5 star rating

The updated Brand-X Ascend boasts a larger shaft diameter (reducing flex), an additional DU bushing and upgraded internals. Andy Lloyd / Immediate Media

• Price: £170 / $180 / AU$275 / €190 as tested
• Weight: 668g
• Stroke length (* tested): 170mm, 200mm*
• Diameters (* tested): 30.9mm*, 31.6mm
• Max length: 499mm (170mm travel), 559mm (200mm travel)

Priced under £200 for a long-travel dropper, the Brand-X Ascend XL is hard to beat. The 200mm version, in particular, is a good bet for taller riders.

Brand-X has increased the shaft diameter and improved the internals in the Ascend XL for less flex and a smoother action.

The post comes with a shifter-style under-bar remote and internal cable routing, unlike the regular Ascend (also included in this guide), which has external routing.

Although the post isn’t light, it proved to be reliable over months of use. Stack height isn’t bad, but fitting might be an issue if you have a kinked or extra-tall seat tube.

Read our full Brand-X Ascend XL dropper post review

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2019 Crawford

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the «Software»), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED «AS IS», WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

History[]

Java Edition
1.5	13w03a	Added droppers.
Droppers are crafted using 7 cobblestone, one hopper, and one piece of redstone: Ingredients Crafting recipe Cobblestone +Hopper +Redstone
The top and bottom textures of droppers currently remain fixed regardless of the facing direction.
13w04a	Droppers can now face all six directions.
The crafting recipe of droppers has now been changed, removing the hopper from the middle.
13w10b	Activated droppers now do not fire if they receive a block update.
1.8	14w25a	The models of dropper have been changed.
1.9.1	pre1	Droppers can now use loot tables.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this block’s numeral ID was 158.
1.14	18w43a	The textures of droppers have now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0	build 1	Added droppers.
v0.15.0	build 1	Droppers can now be moved by pistons.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of droppers have now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19	CU7		Patch 1		Added droppers.
				The textures of droppers have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0	Added droppers.

X-Fusion Manic

4.0 out of 5 star rating

An excellent, cost-effective post from X Fusion. Immediate Media Co

• Price: £220 as tested
• Weight (claimed): 672g
• Stroke length: 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, 170mm*
• Diameters: 30.9mm, 31.6mm, 24.9mm
• Max length: 478mm (170mm travel)
• Internal length: 290mm

The latest Manic is proving to be an excellent, cost-effective post.

While the neat shifter-style remote wobbles a bit from new, it has plenty of leverage for such a light action. The stroke is smooth and easily controlled in both directions, with reasonable return speed and an easily felt top-out clunk.

While the Manic was updated fairly recently, all the reliability feedback we’ve had from users has been excellent so far. Replacing the sealed-cartridge internals only costs £20 if there’s an issue.

The cable can unhook if you move the post in the frame without keeping it taut, but we’re assured there’s a fix imminent for that glitch.

Sounds[]

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuationdistance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken			1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage		None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken			0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed			1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block			0.15	1.0	16

1. ↑

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken		1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage		0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken		0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block		0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage		0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block		0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed		1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuationdistance
http://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/File:Click.ogg	Dispensed item	Blocks	Dropper activating			1.0	1.0	16
http://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/File:Click.ogg	Dispenser fails	Blocks	Dropper failing to activate			1.0	1.2	16

1. ↑ The dropper reuses the dispenser’s sound events instead of having its own, see .

Crankbrothers Highline XC/Gravel

4.0 out of 5 star rating

The Crankbrothers Highline XC/Gravel Dropper seatpost is a short-travel option. Immediate Media

• Price: £225 / $250 / AU$425 / €250 as tested
• Stroke length : 60mm, 80mm, 100mm, 125mm
• Diameter: 27.2mm

The Crankbrothers Highline dropper seatpost is designed for cross-country cycling and gravel riding, so it comes in a narrow 27.2mm diameter and with relatively short stroke lengths at 60mm to 125mm.

There is a quick-connect system for the cable and while this is straightforward, it’s worth spending some time to get the installation right.

Despite using the post through a wet winter, the seatpost action remained smooth and we found using it on a Santa Cruz Stigmata made a brilliant bike even better.

One of the most ingenious aspects of the Crankbrothers dropper system is the dual-action dropper lever, which can be used with your forefingers when riding on the top of the bars or by your thumb on the drops. Unfortunately, it isn’t included in the Highline’s price and will need to be purchased separately for  £49 / $50 / AU$125.

Read our full Crankbrothers Highline XC/Gravel Dropper review

Vecnum NIVO 212 TRAVELFIT

4.5 out of 5 star rating

With 212mm of drop, this is one of the longest-travel dropper seatposts you can buy. Andy Lloyd / Immediate Media

• Price: €427.93 (approx £388) as tested
• Weight: 530g (212mm post and remote)
• Stroke length (* tested): 122mm, 152mm, 182mm, 212mm*
• Diameters (* tested): 30.9mm*, 31.6mm, 34.9 mm
• Max length: 571mm

The Vecnum NIVO is available in four lengths and the 212mm version we tested is one of the longest-travel seatposts available on the market. That amount of travel is liberating for tall folk on bikes with rider-forward geometry.

The TRAVELFIT system allows you to shorten the travel in 4mm steps to find the perfect fit for your frame and the overall package is surprisingly light.

However, it’s a pricey option and we needed to up the pressure to the maximum allowed to get the post to reach full extension.

Read the full Vecnum NIVO 212 TRAVELFIT dropper post review

RockShox Reverb Stealth C1 with 1x remote

4.5 out of 5 star rating

The Reverb Stealth comes in 30.9, 31.6 and 34.9mm diameters. Andy McCandlish / Immediate Media

• Price: £395 / $400 as tested
• Weight: 516g (including remote and cable)
• Stroke length (* tested): 100mm, 125mm, 150mm*, 170mm, 200mm
• Diameters: 30.9mm, 31.6mm, 34.9mm
• Max length: 519mm

The Reverb’s popularity comes as no surprise thanks to the number of different travel and diameters available. This latest iteration improves on reliability and reduces the post’s overall length and stack height, while keeping travel figures the same.

Plenty of accessories – including a bleed kit and MMX matchmaker system – are included in the box.

When previous iterations of the Reverb were slammed for top-stroke bounce issues, RockShox went back to the drawing board and added Vent Valve Technology to the latest model. This lets you ‘bleed’ the system of air if it starts to sag, without needing to attach syringes.

The latest Reverb appears to have hit the sweet-spot of performance, reliability and user serviceability.

Read the full RockShox Reverb Stealth C1 1x remote dropper post review

Data values[]

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Form	Translation key
Dropper		Block & Item

Name	Resource location
Block entity

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Dropper			Block & Item

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, a dropper’s block data specifies its orientation and activation status:

Bits	Values
0x10x20x4	A three-bit field storing a value from 0 to 5 specifying which direction the dropper is facing: 0: Dropper facing down 1: Dropper facing up 2: Dropper facing north 3: Dropper facing south 4: Dropper facing west 5: Dropper facing east
0x8	Set if dropper is activated.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing			The direction in which contents are shot or dropped.The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.
triggered			True if this block is activated.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing_direction		The direction in which contents are shot or dropped.The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the block.
triggered_bit			True if this block is activated.

Block data

A dropper has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

See also: Block entity format

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities
  •  CustomName: Optional. The name of this container in JSON text component, which appears in its GUI where the default name ordinarily appears.
  •  Items: List of items in this container.
    • : An item, including the slot tag. Dropper slots are numbered 0-8 with 0 in the top left corner.
      • Tags common to all items
  •  Lock: Optional. When not blank, prevents the container from being opened unless the opener is holding an item whose name matches this string.
  •  LootTable: Optional. Loot table to be used to fill the dropper when it is next opened, or the items are otherwise interacted with.
  •  LootTableSeed: Optional. Seed for generating the loot table. 0 or omitted uses a random seed.

1. ↑ Both loot table tags get removed once the items have been generated.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Usage[]

A dropper can be used as a container or as a redstone component to move objects.

A dropper can be placed so that its output faces in any direction, including up or down. When placed, the dropper’s output faces toward the player. With default textures, the droppers output side looks like a face when positioned for horizontal output. Otherwise, the output side has a square hole.

A dropper cannot be moved by pistons in Java Edition.

Container

GUI of the dropper.

A dropper has 9 slots of inventory space.

To open the dropper GUI, use the Use Item control. To move items between the dropper inventory and the player inventory or hotbar while the dropper GUI is open, drag or shift-click the items. To exit the dropper GUI, use the Esc control.

By default, the GUI of a dropper is labeled «Dropper». A dropper’s GUI label can be changed by naming the dropper in an anvil before placing it, or by using the command‌[Java Edition only] (for example, to label a dropper at (0,64,0) «Alice’s Dropper», use ).

A dropper can be «locked» (or subsequently unlocked) by setting the dropper’s tag with the command. If a dropper’s tag is not blank, the dropper cannot be accessed except by players holding an item with the same name as the tag’s text. For example, to lock a dropper at (0,64,0) so that only players holding an item named «Alice’s Key» can access the dropper, use .‌[Java Edition only]

Redstone component

See also: Redstone circuit

A dropper can be used to eject items, or push items into another container.

Activation

A dropper can be activated by:

• an adjacent active power component (Exceptions: a redstone torch does not turn ON a dropper it is attached to)
• an adjacent powered opaque block (strongly-powered or weakly-powered)
• a powered redstone repeater or redstone comparator facing the dropper
• powered redstone dust configured to point at the dropper, or on top of it, or a directionless «dot» next to it; a dropper is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point in another direction.

In addition to the methods above, droppers can also be activated by quasi-connectivity.‌[Java Edition only] A dropper activates if one of the methods above would activate a mechanism component in the block above the dropper, even if there is no mechanism component there (even if the block above the dropper is air or a transparent block), but only when the dropper receives a block update (including a redstone update within two blocks of the dropper).

A dropper has a 2 redstone tick (4 game ticks, or 0.2 seconds barring lag) delay between activation and a response. During this time, additional inputs are ignored.

Behavior

See also:

When activated, a dropper waits 2 redstone ticks (4 game ticks, or 0.2 seconds barring lag) and then ejects one item from its inventory. The dropper does not continue to eject items while activated — ejection occurs only on the initial activation (the of an input signal). To eject multiple items, repeatedly activate the dropper with a clock circuit.

If multiple slots are occupied by items, a random occupied slot is chosen for ejection. The slot is chosen when an item is ejected, not when the dropper is initially activated, thus it is possible to move items into or out of a dropper between its activation and item dispensing.

If the dropper is facing a container, the ejected item is transferred into the container. If the container it is facing is full, the dropper does not activate. Otherwise, the item is ejected in the direction the dropper is facing, as if a player had used the Drop control. Even items that would be treated differently by a dispenser (such as arrows) are simply ejected by a dropper.

A dropper makes a clicking noise (the sound event) when activated empty, when ejecting items into air, or when ejecting items into any block other than a chest type container or barrel or another dropper. It is silent when it successfully transfers an item into any kind of chest or barrel, or another dropper.

A dropper is an opaque block, so powering it directly can cause adjacent mechanism components (including other droppers) to activate as well.

A line of droppers, each pushing items into the next dropper, is known as a dropper pipe. A dropper pipe must be clocked to move items, but can be clocked to move items faster than a hopper pipe’s transfer rate. When a dropper pipe pushes items upwards, it is known as a droppervator (short for «dropper elevator»).

Разновидности

В современной реальности существуют вариации пневматических подседельных штырей, в зависимости от требований покупателя.

По типу приведения в действие механизма

В данный момент на рынке существует четыре основные разновидности типов приведения в действие механизма пневматических подседельных штырей:

1. Расположение рычага, приведения в действие механизма, под седлом. Это наиболее бюджетный вариант конструкции. На фоне остальных разновидностей, этот вариант наименее удобный в использовании. А учитывая стремительное снижение стоимости пневматических дропперов, подседельное расположение рычага практически вытиснилось с рынка другими конструкциями;
2. Рычаг управления нарульный с гидролинией. В данном случае рычаг выглядит как курок переключения скоростей и располагается там же – на руле. Но, по аналогии с гидравлическими тормозами, имеет гидролинию, с помощью которой и приводит в действие клапан пневматического картриджа. Также не самое популярное решении, так как гидролиния имеет свои слабые места. Например, она имеет свойство завоздушиваться или же со временем терять качество масла, на основе которого она и работает. В обоих случаях необходима прокачка гидролинии с частичной или полной заменой масла. А это лишние заботы и затраты на обслуживание;
3. Рычаг управления нарульный тросиковый. Наиболее востребованная вариация. Когда производители смекнули, что в данном случае на рычаг не прикладываются такие усилия, как на тормоза, поняли, что нецелесообразно вносить в конструкцию лишние усложнения в виде гидролинии;
4. Новомодный, совсем недавно появившийся на рынке вариант – беспроводное управление дроппером. В данном случае на подседельном штыре устанавливается беспроводная система управления и аккумулятор, а на руль цепляется эргономичная беспроводная кнопка со своей батарейкой формфактора «таблетка». Крайне достойный тип управления. Но пока система совсем «молодая», потому стоимость таких дропперов крайне высока. На рынке она представлена несколькими пневматическими подседельными штырями: Magura Vyron eLECT и RockShox Reverb AXS.

По типу прокладки кабелей

Следующая стадия различий заключается в типе прокладки кабелей от рычага управления к пневматическому картиджу:

1. Внешняя. Кабеля тянутся по внешней стороне рамы велосипеда. Не самый эстетически совершенный вариант. Но пока достаточно распространенный, потому как далеко не все производители конструируют рамы с внутренней прокладкой тросов;
2. Внутренняя прокладка. Прокладка кабеля тянется внутри рамы и практически не видна снаружи, кроме части от рычажка до канавки рамы. Это решение более эстетичное и удобное. С каждым годом рам, поддерживающих внутреннюю проводку, становится все больше;
3. Без кабелей. Этот вариант доступен на соответствующих пневматических подседельных штырях с беспроводным управлением. Самый крутой и самый дорогой.

По общей длине конструкции

Еще одно различие заключается в длине корпуса подседельного штыря. От которой, в свою очередь, косвенно зависит и максимальная длина хода выдвигаемого штока. При этом чем больше диапазон хода штока, тем больше длина корпуса дроппера ему необходима, но у дропперов с большой длиной корпуса не обязательно может быть большая длина хода штока.

Длина корпуса представленных на рынке моделей составляет от 295 мм. до 560 мм. Длина хода штока от 35 мм. до 210 мм.

По диаметру подседельной трубы

И наконец различие по диаметру подседельной трубы. Этот параметр присутствует и в обычных подседельных штырях.

В данный момент их существует 4 разновидности:

1. 27.2 мм.;
2. 30.9 мм.;
3. 31.6 мм.;
4. 34.9 мм..

Наиболее распространенные из них это 30.9 мм. и 31.6 мм.

Сферы применения

Как уже упоминалось ранее, есть ряд велосипедных дисциплин, где важна универсальность велосипеда, а не только максимальная легкость или максимальная жесткость. Например, в кросс-кантри заездах, трассы проходят по пересеченной местности. В пределах одной трассы встречается ряд различных препятствий, для которых неплохо было бы иметь возможность налету менять посадку, для комфортного их преодоления и для экономии драгоценных секунд. Тоже самое с трейл и эндуро дисциплинами. Маршрут который может пролегать не только вниз по трейлу (тропинке), а и с затяжными апхиллами (подъемами) во время того, как райдеры добираются до желаемого спуска.

А как известно, для комфортного преодоления подъема и экономии «жизненного ресурса» коленных суставов, необходимо это делать с поднятым седлом. Таким способом меняется посадка – смещая центр тяжести к рулю, разгружаются колени, повышается усилие на педалирование.

При спуске же с уклона наоборот – седло опускается, повышая маневренность наездника, давая возможность смещать центр тяжести за седло. В случае с исполняемыми элементами на трейле тоже самое, с поднятым седлом райдер практически обездвижен в плане свободы действий.

e*thirteen Vario Infinite

4.0 out of 5 star rating

The Vario offers tool-free travel adjustment and an impressive remote (sold separately). Alex Evans

• Price: £200 as tested
• Weight: 628g
• Stroke length (* tested): 120mm-150mm, 150mm-180mm*
• Diameter: 30.9mm, 31.6mm
• Max length: 535mm

e*thirteen’s post offers 30mm of tool-free travel adjustment in 5mm increments, without needing to remove the post from the bike. It’s quick and easy to adjust, although we questioned how often you’d change your travel after the initial setup.

The post’s stanchion and head are forged as a single piece to add rigidity, although the post did develop some play during testing. e*thirteen says its gas-sprung cartridge is designed to reduce the force needed to drop the saddle. We did find return speed a little slow though and it isn’t adjustable.

We really liked the Vario remote, which is sold separately for £50 and has an angle-adjustable paddle. It comes with a standard bar clamp and is also SRAM Matchmaker compatible.

Read our full e*thirteen Vario Infinite review

OneUp V2 Dropper Post

5.0 out of 5 star rating

The V2 has up to 210mm of drop. Alex Evans

• Price: £179 as tested (plus £42 for OneUp Dropper Post Remote V2)
• Weight: 579g (without remote and cable – remote: 48g)
• Stroke length (* tested): 120mm, 150mm, 180mm, 210mm*
• Diameters (* tested): 30.9mm*, 31.6mm, 34.9mm
• Max length: 554mm (210mm travel)

The OneUp V2 dropper’s party piece is how it lets riders substantially increase their post’s travel, meaning the seat can be lower on the descents while returning to the same position at full extension, without the equivalent increase in post stack height.

OneUp’s done this by making the post’s body, seal head and seat clamp as slim as possible and the 210mm travel post was shorter than RockShox’ Reverb B1 150mm travel post by 34mm. It’s impressive stuff.

To boot, the V2 doesn’t cost a fortune and we had no issues with it sticking or feeling lumpy during the testing period. It also made us wonder why we haven’t upgraded to a longer travel, shorter stack post sooner!

Read our full OneUp V2 dropper post review