Originally Posted by
PeteHski
I would get the dropper on a mountain bike. It will make steep descents a whole lot safer.
You don't need a dropper to drop the saddle for descending, just a q/r pinch bolt works fine.
Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Easily one of the best mtb devices to appear in the last 25 years. A few pro road racers have even used them to great effect on steep alpine descents.
The Hite Rite was launched in 1984, that's 41 years.
Originally Posted by
PeteHski
You can of course ride steep roads without a dropper, but it doesn’t mean you should.
It should be called a raiser, not a dropper - it puts the saddle back in the optimal position for the flat or uphill after you survive the hairy downhill.