So, you went and bought a mechanical dropper seatpost for your mountain bike, only to discover that smoother-moving, faster-acting electronic posts are now “a thing.” Well, don’t despair, as the OnlyMotion system is designed to make your existing dropper seatpost electric.
This sort of stuff always looks great on paper, but my electric horn, which is supposedly good for “2,000” uses on a single charge tends to drain its battery in under a month, even in summer. You go to use it and it flashes the low battery warning. Luckily, I have a back up bell on my ebike, but it’s still really annoying.
I’d stay away from these things like the plague, unless it’s mains-powered off a huge ebike battery. These tiny batteries are annoying to charge, and tend to fail when you need them most. I’m keeping my mountain bike completely mechanical/hydraulic.
Yeah, I’ve become a fan of avoiding batteries wherever possible on my regular bike. I want to get a dynamo eventually, but for now the battery powered light will do.
I need to pick up a dynamo
I’ve had pretty decent luck with battery powered flashlights for bikes, and LED runner vests for visibility on roads! They have a lot longer battery life than they did in the 00s.
Oh yeah, they work just fine, as long as you charge them anyways lol. I just like the idea of never worrying about a battery, ever.
That is cool, the sram post is ridiculously expensive.
Hmm, there is a way to use Gaussz law here without a cell ?
