ExaForm eTen Remote (AKA Cheap Dropper Posts)

compo

ExaForm eTen Remote



Found this for E84 on Bikediscount.

From reading around I've discovered its made by KS

Has anyone any experience with it?
Is it any good or a pile of crap?

Cheers

DodgeT

Got to be worth a go at that price. Looks very similar to the KS I had and it never gave me any problems.

benpinnick

Looks identical to a KS to me, just without the fancy coloured bits. Got to be worth a punt at that price.

compo

Ah, slight problem, apparently you can't turn it upside down else it won't return when lowered

JimboM

compo wrote:

Ah, slight problem, apparently you can't turn it upside down else it won't return when lowered

Hard to tell from the pic, but if you had it upside down but with the lever facing forwards you might get away with it. Would mean that you had to operate the lever with your forfinger over the front of the bars so not sure how practical that would be.

DodgeT

These generally point down when fitted to the bars so your thumb sits comfy on it, so why would you want to turn it upside down?

chrisw333

He means flipping the bike upside down I think - someone on Singletrack said:

"According to the instructions the eten has an open bath air/oil cartridge, so if you flip the bike upside down the post wont return"

That can't be right can it? How do you deal with a trailside repair?

JimboM

Done a quick bit of googling and think the upside down thing may just be a temporary problem should it occur. Taken from the online pdf

NOTICE TO ETEN OWNERS: The ETen and ETen Remote us an open
bath cartridge. Inverting the seatpost may cause air and oil to mix
and may result in temporary suspension action. To remedy this,
return the seat post to it’s normal position with the saddle head up
and cycle the seat post several times or wait several minutes until
the air and oil return to their normal operating positions.



Full manual is here

http://kssuspension.com/wp-content/uplo ... NGLISH.pdf

compo

chrisw333 wrote:

He means flipping the bike upside down I think - someone on Singletrack said:

"According to the instructions the eten has an open bath air/oil cartridge, so if you flip the bike upside down the post wont return"

That can't be right can it? How do you deal with a trailside repair?

This was the issue I found. And the question I thought.

JimboM wrote:

Done a quick bit of googling and think the upside down thing may just be a temporary problem should it occur. Taken from the online pdf

NOTICE TO ETEN OWNERS: The ETen and ETen Remote us an open
bath cartridge. Inverting the seatpost may cause air and oil to mix
and may result in temporary suspension action. To remedy this,
return the seat post to it’s normal position with the saddle head up
and cycle the seat post several times or wait several minutes until
the air and oil return to their normal operating positions.



Full manual is here

http://kssuspension.com/wp-content/uplo ... NGLISH.pdf

Excellent, thanks for that.
So really its not that much of a problem.

I think Santa may come eraly this year

mikeysickalrigh

hmmmmmmmmmmmm may well have to get one, but can you trust an £80 dropper...?

The Northern Monkey

You cant really trust a £200 dropper tbh

compo

And its only £80 wasted as opposed to £200