Joplin/Maverick Seatpost "Wobble"

skiing-cyclist
skiing-cyclist Posts: 6
edited July 2010 in MTB workshop & tech
There is a review of these seatposts which mentions that they exhibit a small "wobble" when in use.

Is this "wobble" a small side to side movement or is this a rotational movement?

What other makes of height adjustable seatposts are there and do they all "wobble"?

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  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    quite a lot of them seem to develop a side to side 'wobble' which is one of the main things that puts me off, i know its only a minor issue but when your spending that amount on one you want it to be spot on hey! have seen some in the bike shop that have developed 10mm of side to side play!
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    mine both have a tiny bit of movement, probably about a mm at the nose of my saddles, i cant feel it when riding though, i wouldnt be without then, they are very cool and the gang.
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    A lot of these posts do have a wobble, not just the Joplin, to me it makes absolutely no difference so I just ignore it.

    Still, the old Joplin/Speedball is legendary for unreliability, then again it's cheap. There's a reason it's cheap ;)
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  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 3,983
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    mine both have a tiny bit of movement, probably about a mm at the nose of my saddles, i cant feel it when riding though, i wouldnt be without then, they are very cool and the gang.

    Wot he said :D
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  • RupertCommunicator
    RupertCommunicator Posts: 734
    Has anyone tried the PureRace / KS Cobra ones?
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    RupertCommunicator wrote:
    Has anyone tried the PureRace / KS Cobra ones?

    I haven't personally but I've watched a mate of mine do battle with his, he got one of the early ones and it got returned twice and had most of its parts replaced, then got returned again and replaced with a new one, then when that failed the revised internals had been launched so it got sent back again and had all those fitted. So 3 returns Since then, it's been good enough that he actually bought another.

    After he first got it, and for months afterwards, I'd have said you had to be insane to buy one even if were just for a pound. But now, I'd have one no bother, still half thinking of buying one for the Hemlock so's I don't need to keep moving my Gravity Dropper between bikes.
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