MudLark Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Well you're both wrong. Everybody knows Marzocchi's #espresso coating will always be the best. Too lazy to resize the image but when it's so beautiful who cares.... Marzocchi-dropper-4.jpg It is beautiful. But functionality matters more. Jewbacca 1
CdT85 Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Well you're both wrong. Everybody knows Marzocchi's #espresso coating will always be the best. Too lazy to resize the image but when it's so beautiful who cares.... Marzocchi-dropper-4.jpg espresso coating for the win Back on the op's post. you can add me as a +1 for lyne's droppers. Running mine for about a year and a half now, never needed a service so far, and it just works.
Jewbacca Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) It is beautiful. But functionality matters more.Bro.... Bro...... What planet do you live on?! It's all about the bling, the weight, the coil shocks, the goggles, the 3/4 sleeve shirts, more travel, slacker, longer, lower geo.... Functionality! Next thing you're going to start saying people don't need anything bigger than 120mm front and rear with pretty average geo to fully enjoy Cape Town and it's trails! Blasphemy! Edited June 27, 2019 by Jewbacca Hairy, Rocket-Boy, Eddy Gordo and 3 others 6
Sparki 1 Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 So I just feel the need to have a little rant about this (and I'm sorry if there is a thread about this already, not in the mood to search). Took my Fox Transfer dropper to my LBS for a service only to be told that they can't service it because there is some proprietary tool that is needed to open it up so it needs to be shipped off to Omnico and that's going to take about 10 days. Fine, not ideal but it is what it is. Then I am told that this service is going to cost R2,500. WT Actual F?!?!?! The seatpost is around R5k new so it's actually cheaper to ride the seatpost into the ground and replace it when it breaks than to service it. Maybe it's just me but that seems really stupid. Why even make the thing serviceable if it's easier and cheaper to just bin it when it breaks than to actually maintain it? Anyway, rant over. Just needed to get that off my chest. Edited to change a word that upset peopledid omnico quote you R2500? geez that is crazy ZAR
DieselnDust Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 did omnico quote you R2500? geez that is crazy ZAR this is the problem with expensive droppers.......expensive maintenance.Cheap ones don't last maybe as long but you just keep buying a new one. This is the throw away culture after all.
dannygirl Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Well you're both wrong. Everybody knows Marzocchi's #espresso coating will always be the best. Too lazy to resize the image but when it's so beautiful who cares.... Marzocchi-dropper-4.jpg Do you actually use these pretty things on muddy trails? DirtyFrank 1
MudLark Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 this is the problem with expensive droppers.......expensive maintenance. Not always true. See 9point8.
PhilipV Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Not always true. See 9point8.9.8 droppers are amazing. Until something breaks and you wait ages for the part to arrive from euroland. A mate of mine has had to send his in to Trailtech twice already. Fortunately he has a Lyne dropper on his other bike that fits.. DieselnDust 1
RocknRolla Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Or save oodles of cash and drop the dropper. Go rigid. Rigid is real The only sensible post...
Jehosefat Posted June 27, 2019 Author Posted June 27, 2019 Or save oodles of cash and drop the dropper. Go rigid. Rigid is real No! After moving from rigid to a dropper I will never go back. NEVER!!!
Hairy Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 That looks like Bronze, so it's third, so it has a hairy chest! (It does look amazing though. I have some of the forks with those stanchions.....)you called? Jewbacca 1
Hairy Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Bro.... Bro...... What planet do you live on?! It's all about the bling, the weight, the coil shocks, the goggles, the 3/4 sleeve shirts, more travel, slacker, longer, lower geo.... Functionality! Next thing you're going to start saying people don't need anything bigger than 120mm front and rear with pretty average geo to fully enjoy Cape Town and it's trails! Blasphemy!Exactly ... now he better go recite 500 Magic Mary's Jewbacca 1
MudLark Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 No! After moving from rigid to a dropper I will never go back. NEVER!!! Same.
MudLark Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 9.8 droppers are amazing. Until something breaks and you wait ages for the part to arrive from euroland. A mate of mine has had to send his in to Trailtech twice already. Fortunately he has a Lyne dropper on his other bike that fits..Goodness me. How does one break a 9point8? Otherwise, IMHO order the service kit long in advance.... you know you're going to need it sooner or later. As I said, I have one but for the money, IMHO my Lyne is a better deal.
PhilipV Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 Goodness me. How does one break a 9point8? Otherwise, IMHO order the service kit long in advance.... you know you're going to need it sooner or later. As I said, I have one but for the money, IMHO my Lyne is a better deal.Oh no he didn't break it. The post failed and was repaired under warranty. At least they stand by their product. Sadly it seems the part was couriered using Yaks via the Silk Road (generous dose of hyperbole here.)
Albatross Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 +1 for LyneNothing beats going up and down on a local product
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