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 Post subject: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:19 am 
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That sounds like a big plus in your design

On Sunday when it failed I stripped cable inner out and manually put the pin in.
What is the service interval ? (I'm a bit lazy and usually wait until it needs doing )


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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:22 am 
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I service mine every time it gets a life of its own ! probably about every 3 months depending on weather

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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:30 pm 
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Mine turne up today, great value for a lightweight dropper post
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 Post subject: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:50 pm 
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It will be interesting to see if you have any issues off the bat. As your post sits higher than mine


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:22 pm 
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The tightness of your original seat clamp affects the use of the seat post, don't do them up tight as it restricts the movement

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:45 pm 
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Thats the same on any dropper posts.

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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 9:26 pm 
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Have to say its ugly and makes the gravity dropper look like cutting edge awesomeness.. :lol:


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 Post subject: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 9:34 pm 
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Cheers Jon
I've found that not found the sweet spot on the clamp yet :)


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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:33 am 
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Aide, your right it is ugly, it reminds me of your gravity dropper.
Here's a picture to compare with my joplin and reverb ;) Image

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 Post subject: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:24 am 
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There is room for lots more bikes on that rack :)



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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:17 am 
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Well i nearly threw my I.C.E v8 in the bin after last night, i cleaned and serviced and lubed it and noticed the thick 'o'ring around the top of the red collar was split. in fact there is a chunk taken out of the top of it and on last nights ride it just kept dropping down, got really frustrating, i couldn't work out why, tried winding the cable right in to lock it up but the post had so much movement the pin kept letting the post drop.

I've emailed mtbparts, the company in France that makes/distributes them about getting a new 'o'ring, its a bit of an odd shape so will ask for the right part first before trying to find something suitable from a DIY type store, the o ring is more of a grommet than an o ring so my local hydraulic place will have loads of various sizes <fingers crossed>

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:43 pm 
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Working like a charm at the moment


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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:21 am 
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They sent me a new grommet / o ring but i'm not sure its fixed my problem, reluctant to put the post back on the bike when setting off as i dont want to ruin my ride, will need to try and find time one evening or at the weekend to work it out <sigh>

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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:46 pm 
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Photo 3 show after reengineer ing with a chainsaw file the post sits fully in. This will knock your lifetime warranty :)


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Quick question..what did you file to get the post to sit flush in seat tube.??

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 Post subject: Re: T-mars genuine (Chinese) dropper post
PostPosted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:56 pm 
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Little bit of seat clamp and a little bit of the black box
I'm an ex tree monkey so used a flat chain file from my chainsaw kit :)


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