Seat post up or down in ballyhoura

casion3

A bit of trailriding advice for a newbie.
On what sections do people drop their seatpost.
Don't have a dropper yet so just looking for some advice
Thanks

nak

I drop the seatpost on technical descents.

casion3

nak wrote: »

I drop the seatpost on technical descents.

Cool I find if I drop it and I have to pedal 2 a bit I'm just looking to sit down again, suppose just keep it for the quicker downhill bits that don't need pedaling as much

nak

casion3 wrote: »

Cool I find if I drop it and I have to pedal 2 a bit I'm just looking to sit down again, suppose just keep it for the quicker downhill bits that don't need pedaling as much

You should really be standing on singletrack descents - takes a bit of getting used to (still struggling myself). GMBN has loads of good skills videos:

sconhome

I don't have a dropper post but have learned the knack of releasing the post clamp rising the saddle for climbing and lowering again to get the saddle out of the way for descents. Grip the nose of the saddle between your legs and you can control the height of it when adjusting.

As mentioned above you should be on the pedals floating over the bike for descents but you want the saddle low so you don't get bucked off.

Edit: Up for climbing / flats

Tenzor07

Seatpost up for Ballyhoura...

The Coillte trail centres don't really have anything so demanding to require a dropper post....

Biopace

With the exception of maybe the newer Tech sections, it'd be seatpost up for pretty much everything else.

casion3

Biopace wrote: »

With the exception of maybe the newer Tech sections, it'd be seatpost up for pretty much everything else.

Cool. Thinking of doing an enduro later in the yr so I might need one for that?

I stand for any down hill quick bits but need to sit back down when it flattens off to go again.

Tenzor07

Yes, Enduro racing tends to be on natural or biker made trails so it would be good to get a dropper post for that...