Dropper post

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Turbo tero 5.0 size M have a TranzX Dropper 30.9mm 120mm travel but I would like to have a longer travel maybe 150-170.
Is it difficult to change and which ones would you recommend?
 
All I know is OneUp makes a variety of excellent dropper posts. You would reuse the existing cable. When my brother was replacing a Giant dropper with OneUp V2, the work looked fairly easy. I am no expert though

@PDoz, could you chime in?
 
Stefan Mikes said:
All I know is OneUp makes a variety of excellent dropper posts. You would reuse the existing cable. When my brother was replacing a Giant dropper with OneUp V2, the work looked fairly easy. I am no expert though

@PDoz, could you chime in?
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Thanks.
I know nothing about dropper post and this is my first ebike with it and I love it but I think it's too short for me since I want to have the possibility to have my feet flat on the ground (or more) when stopping and legs almost fully extended when pedalling. Adjusting the seat height gives me only one of the alternatives so after what I understand I need a longer dropper post.
I guess around 150 would be perfect for me.
I have been looking at BikeYoke but know nothing about the quality.
 
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My bike came with an OEM 120mm dropper. I, like yourself, wanted flat footed capabilities at stops and I added a 150 OneUp.
As @Stefan Mikes mentioned, they have very good quality and just as importantly, they are reasonably priced.
They have some excellent geometry as they have very short "stack height", so you can in fact have a shorter total length of seatpost for equivalent "drop".
They have a sizing calculator here.

Another brand to look at is PNW.

Regardless of which one you go with, they do need maintenance from time to time.

Here's a review of some popular ones.

Good luck!
 
Thanks.
I am starting to realise I have to do quite a bit of research since it's many alternatives but I definitely want to change the dropper to one that's perfect for me.
 
Pnw are a great budget option, the rainier gen 3 can be up to 170 and you can even adjust down by 30mm I believe. Their stuff is 20 percent off through August I believe, hard to beat. You do need to buy a lever unless you reuse you current one. Their $40 lever includes cable and housing which is also reasonably priced.
 
pxpaulx said:
You do need to buy a lever unless you reuse you current one. Their $40 lever includes cable and housing which is also reasonably priced.
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It would be the best to reuse the existing lever and cable as the cable is internally routed inside the frame, and the cable replacement could be an ordeal.
 
Catch said:
Thanks. Is it difficult to change dropper but not lever and cable for a old guy with five thumbs?
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Better leave it to a techie at an LBS :) My brother is my private techie, and I was happy it was him to do the swap. It did not look complicated but I would not do it myself.

Let me tell you about the background. My Giant Trance E+ 2 Pro came with a Giant dropper post. (Giant droppers are one of the least expensive in the market but their quality is disputable). That dropper broke very soon. Following the advice from @PDoz, I bought a 150 mm x 30.9 mm V2 dropper from OneUp. My brother looked at these two parts, figured out how it was all working and swapped the droppers in no time. Meaning, any qualified techie would be able to do the same.
 
Stefan Mikes said:
Better leave it to a techie at an LBS :) My brother is my private techie, and I was happy it was him to do the swap. It did not look complicated but I would not do it myself.

Let me tell you about the background. My Giant Trance E+ 2 Pro came with a Giant dropper post. (Giant droppers are one of the least expensive in the market but their quality is disputable). That dropper broke very soon. Following the advice from @PDoz, I bought a 150 mm x 30.9 mm V2 dropper from OneUp. My brother looked at these two parts, figured out how it was all working and swapped the droppers in no time. Meaning, any qualified techie would be able to do the same.
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Thanks.
I always let my LBS service my ebikes.
But I change brake pads myself :)
 
It's not really that hard of a job. Like @Stefan Mikes I swapped out a Giant for a OneUp myself. I also helped my brother install a OneUp in his e-MTB and for that we had to drop the motor to route the cable housing.
You need the correct tools and some patience, but it wasn't really all that hard.

However, having said that, building (and keeping) some rapport with the techs at the LBS is not a bad thing - they do this stuff all the time and stand by their work.
 
RandallS said:
It's not really that hard of a job. Like @Stefan Mikes I swapped out a Giant for a OneUp myself. I also helped my brother install a OneUp in his e-MTB and for that we had to drop the motor to route the cable housing.
You need the correct tools and some patience, but it wasn't really all that hard.

However, having said that, building (and keeping) some rapport with the techs at the LBS is not a bad thing - they do this stuff all the time and stand by their work.
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Yes I let my LBS do it cus my experience trying to work on my ebikes myself often end up with catastrophic results. The only thing I do myself is changing pads which I do 3-4 times a year due to milage and weather conditions in Norway and of course cleaning and oiling each week.
BTW I didn't like the stock pads so I changed to Swiss.
 
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PNW Components as a broad line of droppers and I bought their Loam dropper and had it installed on my hardtail bike. A longer dropper is not going to be a problem but it will not drop down as far into the bike frame which however may be a problem.
 
Elkman said:
PNW Components as a broad line of droppers and I bought their Loam dropper and had it installed on my hardtail bike. A longer dropper is not going to be a problem but it will not drop down as far into the bike frame which however may be a problem.
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Thanks. I'll check it out.
 
Catch said:
Thanks. Is it difficult to change dropper but not lever and cable for a old guy with five thumbs?
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Stefan Mikes said:
Better leave it to a techie at an LBS :) My brother is my private techie, and I was happy it was him to do the swap. It did not look complicated but I would not do it myself.

Let me tell you about the background. My Giant Trance E+ 2 Pro came with a Giant dropper post. (Giant droppers are one of the least expensive in the market but their quality is disputable). That dropper broke very soon. Following the advice from @PDoz, I bought a 150 mm x 30.9 mm V2 dropper from OneUp. My brother looked at these two parts, figured out how it was all working and swapped the droppers in no time. Meaning, any qualified techie would be able to do the same.
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Technically it is much less difficult to do a swap. The cable housing is already installed on the bike - the cable itself can just be pulled out/through, and replaced with a new cable. With that said, if the lever from the current post is setup and working just fine, then probably no need to replace. If you're not inclined to do it yourself, it would be a quick task for a bike shop to do for you.
 
pxpaulx said:
Technically it is much less difficult to do a swap. The cable housing is already installed on the bike - the cable itself can just be pulled out/through, and replaced with a new cable. With that said, if the lever from the current post is setup and working just fine, then probably no need to replace. If you're not inclined to do it yourself, it would be a quick task for a bike shop to do for you.
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Thanks.
I have to see what I end up with - with/without cable and/or lever
 
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