Dropper post advice

Simon C

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Jul 21, 2016
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Hi all
Thinking of upgrading to a dropper post on my Scott 720
Not sure how i would internally route the cable

Don't want to have to use cable ties over the frame
Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
 

soundwave

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you will have to drop the motor and thread it through the frame like that down the seat tube then up the triangle to the bars for the remote.

the stealth post are a bit more expensive mind.
 

Simon C

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Jul 21, 2016
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you will have to drop the motor and thread it through the frame like that down the seat tube then up the triangle to the bars for the remote.

the stealth post are a bit more expensive mind.
Thanks thought as much might look at routing through where the back suspension cable goes. Don't really fancy dropping the engine out
 

soundwave

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when you take off the plastic case it is just 3 bolts its a 5 min job tbh.
 

soundwave

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that is the one id get less hassle ;)
 

Gubbins

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If your not too keen with poking the wires through take it to a bike shop.
I have just had a purion fitted at Ilkley Cycles.
£90 fitted while I wait with a free coffee thrown in.
Better than fannying about with wires.
 

Simon C

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Jul 21, 2016
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If your not too keen with poking the wires through take it to a bike shop.
I have just had a purion fitted at Ilkley Cycles.
£90 fitted while I wait with a free coffee thrown in.
Better than fannying about with wires.
90 for the fitting or 90 for everything including the post ? sounds a great buy
 

Gubbins

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90 for the fitting or 90 for everything including the post ? sounds a great buy
£90 supplied and fitted, all in... or might have been 95... Anyway. Yes they ordered it in and fitted in about 40 mins all for less than I could buy one myself. Unless you like fiddling about with it then pay someone to do it for you. It is often less expensive than you think. I don't think I got a special deal with this although I have spent big there in the past .
Also consider.. we tend to grumble about businesses being closed down, about things that can only be bought on line...
So support your local shops if you can. I don't mind spending a bit more to buy local and do so whenever I can.
 

soundwave

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i done it in less than 15 mins ;)
 

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This looks interesting. The cable operation on my dropper post is the most irratating thing on my bike but having used it 12 times in a 2.5 mile section yesterday, I wouldn't be without it. Before owning a dropper £279 would have seemed ridiculous to me but its looking like a realistic option now.
I'm not into adding bling and needless additions onto any bike, and to this end, have made just minimal modifications to each of the two bikes.

If I could only keep one of those additions, then it would be the dropper post. Like you, I really wouldn't want to be without it.

Fitting an internally routed Stealth Reverb to both of the KTM's didn't present any problems, and was easy enough to do. Annoyingly one of them failed after only being used twice, but I did quite well out of that one, as I had bought a new old stock version cheaply, and the replacement that arrived was the latest version which would have cost twice the price.
 
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bobp

Finding my (electric) wheels
Feb 16, 2017
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Installed a RS stealth on my Haibike ran internally no probs.
Be sure to size correctly the, 100mm stealth is the only one that would fully insert on my frame. The others left the dropped seat too high for my short 30" inside leg.
 

NismO_UK

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Installed a RS stealth on my Haibike ran internally no probs.
Be sure to size correctly the, 100mm stealth is the only one that would fully insert on my frame. The others left the dropped seat too high for my short 30" inside leg.
Hi Bobp,

Could you share how you routed the cable for your stealth please?
I have a Haibike FullSeven and I can't figure out how to get the cable out of the bottom of the seat tube.

Thx
 

bobp

Finding my (electric) wheels
Feb 16, 2017
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Whitehaven Cumbria
Hi Bobp,

Could you share how you routed the cable for your stealth please?
I have a Haibike FullSeven and I can't figure out how to get the cable out of the bottom of the seat tube.

Thx
Hi NismO
I dropped the motor by removing three of the mounting bolts and swinging it down . There was enough room above the motor to route it down the seat tube and up the front tube emerging from the gear/brake outlet. Obviously I had to remove the actuator and bleed the system on reassembly.



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NismO_UK

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Hi NismO
I dropped the motor by removing three of the mounting bolts and swinging it down . There was enough room above the motor to route it down the seat tube and up the front tube emerging from the gear/brake outlet. Obviously I had to remove the actuator and bleed the system on reassembly.



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Thx for the speedy reply!

Did you have a hole through from the bottom of the frame seat tube into the area where the motor is housed?

I've had a look and I cannot see one.
 

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