That is pretty much what the Mavic bikes had in the Tour de France this year so riders could adjust the seat on their temporary spare.
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plasti-dip to finish! Great hack. Thought of something similar for an old LEV I have here. Iām not much of an up/down during the ride adjuster person with these magical posts, so under the saddle is perfect. Pretty sure thatās a perfect space for a tube, co2 and lever as well 
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Mmmmmm. Good beer!
I thought that was a standard feature!
Good idea Adam, plastidip would work great!
My newest set by Douglas Smith, on Flickr
Theses are the Craig Crockers by Douglas Smith, on Flickr
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Making the best of things I see!
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bump!
Round 2 of mods on mods on the drooper postā¦ I wanted one for my big bike but was having issues finding one that wasnāt too long. Bring out the hack saws and files! Removed the air valve, associated seals, lower bushing and cut off about 50mm off the outer tube.
Itās now a fully manual dropper postā¦ well one step above the old school telescoping posts that Axiom, titec and a few others sold.
With no air chamber it does not come up on itās own but, I donāt care, this works great for the use.
Length is now perfect and I can get full pedalling height. When dropped it is lower than my old fixed post. I also ditched the small block road cassette for a wider range (11-32) and riding this up the logging roads at my local free ride trail is pretty easy now. #gamechanger
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My homemade rim rods for precisely calculating ERD. I made these for two reasons; 1) published ERD is almost always wrong, and 2) I build wheels to very exact tolerances, this leads back to number 1. The rods were simple to make. I took two 295mm Sapim Leader spokes, treated the threads with red loctite and installed the nipple, then cut them at the elbow and used a file to take them down to 290mm. I used the nipple I prefer to build with, the Sapim Polyax 12 mm. The nipple is tightened until the tip of the spoke reaches the bottom of the screw slot. That way Iām calculating spoke length for optimum thread engagement.
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Quiet the plant stemming there!
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Thanks for posting this, I have been considering putting a larger range cassette on my Aurum to make it more capable. I think Iāll give it a whirl!
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She still keeps the moisture out! Dust makes it in above the o ring but never had much in the name of water sneak in!
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Hereās my contribution, though I canāt take credit for thinking of it- locking ring from a grip repurposed as an axle spacer.
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^ ^ Wonder if the axle gets good clamping force still? Those Maxles expand right near the end donāt they? Either way good bodge!
This one is the older style Maxle 360QR that expands at both ends I think this one was from a Domain or Totem. Seems pretty solid. I appreciate the thought tho! Honestly at some point I should just pick up the proper one.
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Soooo I was too cheap to buy a tailgate pad and figured Iād try to make a rack for my truck. The length of the bed and bikes worked out almost too well.
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