In October 2020, the dropper post completed its final triumph. Because under Jordan Sarrou's arse, a bike with a dropper seatpost won the men's cross-country world championships in Leogang for the first time. Mathias Flückiger and Titouan Carod in second and third place also have a telescopic seatpost on their bikes. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins the rainbow jersey of the women's cross-country bikers with a radio-retractable seatpost from Rockshox. The eternal debate in the racing scene as to whether the extra weight of around 300 grams compared to conventional seatposts is worth it is finally over. The telescopic seatpost has long been standard on enduro, all-mountain and trail bikes and will become increasingly common on hardtails and race bikes over the next few years. Canyon has already recognised this and supplies the brand new Exceed hardtail with a telescopic support ex works. BMC and Ghost even integrate the dropper seatpost into their cross-country frames. In order to convince the last critics and lightweight fetishists, the industry will be offering some particularly lightweight models with reduced travel in the coming year. Long live freedom of movement! Exciting: In addition to classic trail droppers with a lot of travel, there are also some lightweight models for 2020 that even fit into narrow 27.2 mm clamps and are therefore particularly interesting for racers.
Adrian Kaether
Editor
