Bike Yoke Revive Dropper Post Review

The dropper seatposts specialists at bikeyoke are launching a second generation revive seatpost and redesigned dropper remote.

Bike yoke revive dropper post review.

Bikeyoke s revive 160mm dropper seatpostmbuk bikeyoke s revive post should be a good fit for most riders providing your bike has a 30 9 or 31 6mm seat tube because it offers a full 160mm of. Bikeyoke germany stefan sack jella lepman str. They also boast that the hydraulic system of the revive is basically maintenance free. Bikeyoke revive 2 0 dropper post.

The revive uses a twin tube design inside the upper sliding stanchion of the post. The bikeyoke revive 2 0 has been designed to be stronger as well as longer while the triggy alpha dropper remote focuses on a refined feel and improved ergonomics. But when it comes to the bikeyoke revive dropper post it helps to have at least a basic understanding of how it works. De 305 335 657.

The inner tube is filled with oil while the outer tube has both air and oil in it. With their top quality construction and internals bikeyoke droppers are undoubtedly expensive but the divine bucks this trend it undercuts a fox transfer dvo garnet ks lev and the new rockshox reverb. Back to back with the revive the divine is not as smooth but you d be hard pushed to notice this difference especially if you re coming off a mid range cable operated dropper. At 390 the revive is not the cheapest dropper post on test but it s easily the smoothest.

The revive seatpost was developed by a couple of german engineer mountain bike enthusiasts who were disappointed by a number of issues that still plague droppers today the worst of which is the. It is a dropper post that bikeyoke says will solve reliability issues save money save time and don t need to be sent to a service center. A full dropper post is a seemingly big leap from their previous products but in my experience bikeyoke stuck the landing. In this case the key is its twin chamber rather than internal floating piston design which is employed but many of the popular droppers currently on the market.

The bike yoke revive is our test winner from a year ago and while it remains unchanged bike yoke has added an additional 34 9mm size and there s also a new lightweight short travel dropper in the range called the divine.