Experience Vertical has shaved extra grams off its short-travel dropper seat put up that had already laid declare to accolade of the world’s lightest. The Vertical Helium now weighs a claimed 281 grams in its 30.9mm diameter with a 60mm drop. That’s 23 grams lighter than the unique that launched on the finish of 2022.
Along with the 60mm drop utilized by Tom Pidcock (on his XCC Pinarello Dogma HT) there’s a 90mm drop choice, too. Each lengths can be found in 30.9mm and 31.6mm choices. Together with the replace, Vertical pronounces the Ignitor distant, too. Right here’s extra.
Vertical Helium Dropper Seat Submit
To cut back the load of the world’s lightest dropper seat put up additional, the crew at Experience Vertical, Ricard Bages and Jordi Vilares, centered on decreasing the thickness of the dropper’s aluminum tube. The designers say the brand new form avoids stress focus on the most important factors of the put up.
The distinctive two-position locking mechanism has been tweaked, additionally. In contrast to different designs, the Helium doesn’t make use of a grooved most important tube for its lock mechanism. As a substitute, it homes an Impartial Locking Cartridge that makes use of a set of concentrically-positioned tubes deep inside the put up. As the principle tube doesn’t have to accomodate grooves, it may be made thinner. This is without doubt one of the causes this put up is so light-weight.
The carbon fiber put up helps, too. All the different main elements are produced from 7075 T6 aluminium, together with the very neat-looking, heavily-machined clamp. Its {hardware} is 6Al-4V Titanium, and the bolt heads are tightened with using a Torx 25.
Claimed Weights
| Vertical Helium Dropper Submit | ⌀ 30.9mm | ⌀ 31.6mm |
| S (320mm x 60mm) | 281 g | 291 g |
| M (350mm x 90mm) | 296 g | 309 g |
| L (380mm x 90mm) | 309 g | 320 g |
| XL (410mm x 90mm) | 316 g | 334 g |
The aluminum Ignitor dropper distant provides up two mounting positions, and is suitable with SRAM Matchmaker. The lever pivots about low-friction IGUS bushings for simple actuation. It comes with a really light-weight housing (21 grams per meter).
Pricing & Availability
Pricing on the Vertical Helium Dropper is unchanged, nonetheless at 399 € in all configurations. The Ignitor distant retails at 49 €. Each can be found now direct from Experience Vertical.
