Are there dropper posts thinner than 27.2mm??

[Mod-Master]

I’ve got a 26mm seatpost sized frame and was wondering wether there were any smaller sized dropper posts that exist? Or maybe I should modify a suspension post?

 

[longun]

unfortunately not

 

[Mod-Master]

What a shame..

 

[dan28]

could it be turned down on a lathe

 

[wynne]

Gravity Dropper did a 26.8mm.
Hard to find now though.
I reamed my 26.8mm seat tube to 27.2mm about ten years ago. Still going strong.

 

[Mod-Master]

Gravity Dropper did a 26.8mm.
Hard to find now though.
I reamed my 26.8mm seat tube to 27.2mm about ten years ago. Still going strong.

I need a 26.0mm so the wall of the dropper post will probably be non-existent if I turn it down that much. There is some weird seattube action going on on my Sbike (what I’m planning to fit a dropper to) so maybe with some trickery I can enlarged it?


See that strange taper at the top?

 

[fettler]

Hite Rite?

 

[Mod-Master]

Hite Rite?

Trying to restomod so hi rite wouldn’t look rite(pun intended)

 

[wynne]

Trying to restomod so hi rite wouldn’t look rite(pun intended)

Indeed, not quite-rite TM.
Your tapered seat tube doesn't look like a great candidate for modification. Out of interest, what is the extèrnal diameter of the seat tube?

 

[greencat]

Personally, I would look to recreate something like this:

A brief history of the dropper seatpost - Dirtscrolls

It would be more in keeping with the bike, and means you won't need frame mods.

Vintage HITE-RITE Saddle Dropper -- New // Sealed In Package | eBay

In 1984 Joe Breeze and Josh Angell introduced the revolutionary Hite-Rite, giving mountain bikers the ability to raise and lower their saddles on the fly. Release the lever again to bring your saddle back up to your original riding height.

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