We already knew precisely what the FAIR bicycle Drop Finest AXS improve was going to do when it dropped into our inbox. Truthful’s easy offset seatpost head {hardware} lets riders shift their saddle ahead or again greater than an inch. As a result of possibly the geometry of your bike isn’t fairly as progressive as you’d like. And particularly with wi-fi droppers on some bikes even with out inner cable routing, you won’t have many different choices.
One other sneaky improve in there too, is that Truthful additionally made an ultralight titanium & alloy {hardware} package for these pleased with the place of their RockShox Reverb AXS dropper, however who need to shed 22g off their bike…
Truthful Drop Finest AXS +/- 27mm of RockShox Reverb offset
Truthful Drop Finest AXS brings their wonderful problem-solving offset seatpost head guts to the preferred wi-fi dropper seatpost. Now, you probably have any RockShox Reverb AXS dropper submit in your gravel or mountain bike, however actually can’t get your saddle place precisely the place you need it, Truthful is right here to assist with an extra +/- 27mm of doable seatpost offset.
A fast Drop Finest refresher
Actual fast in the event you don’t bear in mind, Truthful debuted a set of offset {hardware} for the unique hydraulicly-actuated Reverb 3 years in the past. Then, they adopted it up this previous spring with a Common Compatibility model that might match most droppers in the marketplace, and lots of proprietary seatpost heads, as nicely.
The thought is extremely easy. By changing the saddle rail cradle and the higher rail clamp head, Truthful’s Drop Finest might shift your seating place ahead or again, with little to no influence on saddle top. It was an virtually magic answer for bikes with too steep or too slack seattube angles. And it was particularly useful for mountain bike riders with particularly excessive or low saddle heights on bikes designed with odd “digital” seattube angles on account of advanced body/suspension designs.
Learn extra on my ideas on why it is a nice concept, right here.
And the entire setup has been manufactured in Switzerland, and independently ISO examined past MTB requirements in Germany,
However, there nonetheless had not been a model that may match the extra distinctive seat head guts of the Reverb AXS posts.
Till now!
What’s new?
OK, anybody with a wi-fi Reverb AXS dropper is probably going conversant in its 1-bolt adjusting and rail-pinching clamp {hardware}. Truthful’s answer was to exchange all of that with a brand new set of CNC-machined aluminum cradles that match into the submit’s spherical head, matching rail clamps, and a mixture of titanium and alloy {hardware} to safe all of it in place.
In full Drop Finest vogue, the Drop Finest AXS might be put in ahead or reverse to increase your saddle rail adjustment vary 27mm in entrance of or behind the inventory place. And you continue to get the total vary of angle changes, now with the good thing about separating angle adjustment from saddle fore-aft place.
Tech particulars
- +/- 27mm fore/aft saddle place offset for roughly 2° of precise seatpost angle adjustment
- no change to seatpost stack or saddle top
- CNC-machined high-strength 7075 aluminum cradles & clamps, made in Switzerland
- high-tensile grade 12.9 US-made metal bolts, with Swiss coatings for extra corrosion resistance
- unbiased angle & saddle place adjustment
- suitable with all saddle rails: 7mm spherical, 7x9mm oval & 7x10mm oval
- provides 28.2g – full Drop Finest AXS {hardware} at 121.5g vs. inventory 93.3g RockShox {hardware}
- non-compulsory Truthful upgrades can scale back that to simply 7g added – with Drop Finest AXS titanium bolt & alloy angle modify {hardware}
- independently examined to ISO MTB requirements “and past” in Germany
- Truthful makes every little thing as Truthful Commerce and eco-friendly as doable. “From the CNC major elements to the bolts and the packing tape. In international locations the place everybody has medical health insurance, paid holidays and correct wages… All supplies can constantly be recycled at their finish of life. Together with packaging. FAIR bicycle informs as clear as doable.“
Titanium & Alloy Ultralight improve for inventory Reverb AXS droppers too
Now, in the event you don’t want a Drop Finest to offset your dropper’s saddle place, however you continue to need an improve, Truthful has obtained you lined, too. In growing the Drop Finest AXS, additionally they got here up with a {hardware} package to drop a couple of grams off of inventory RockShox Reverb AXS droppers.
Comprised of a titanium 2-piece major bolt and aluminum angle modify {hardware}, Truthful will then drop 22g off the unique RockShox {hardware}. It is going to match any RockShox Reverb AXS dropper, irrespective of the diameter, journey, or kind of motorcycle you experience.
- Truthful titanium major bolts save 7.6g vs. inventory RockShox bolt
- Truthful aluminum angle modify {hardware} saves 14.3g vs. inventory RockShox {hardware}
- Each mixed save 21.9g in comparison with the traditional inventory RockShox Reverb AXS dropper {hardware}
Truthful Drop Finest AXS & AXS upgrades – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Truthful Drop Finest AXS offset dropper seatpost head improve is on the market beginning at present, direct from FAIR bicycle. The fundamental Drop Finest AXS package sells for $158 / 141€, thus all it’s good to offset your present AXS dropper. The two-piece Truthful titanium major bolt is on the market individually $46 / 41€, as is the Truthful aluminum angle modify {hardware} for $40 / 35€.
So, if you’d like the lightest Truthful Drop Finest AXS setup doable, it can value you $244 / 217€. Then, in the event you simply need to drop virtually 22g off an ordinary place AXS dropper, it can run you $86 / 76€ for fancy new {hardware}.
(Observe: All costs above are Truthful’s approximations, as unique pricing is in Swiss Francs CHF.)
