Divine SL Dropper Post

This piece of kit has been the biggest game changer of my mountain biking life! It has turned my XC dually race bike into a bike that now rails tight corners and steep decents much faster than ever imagined. In my opinion its the perfect compromise for a racer who wants to be able to tackle the ever increasing technicality of XC whilst maintaining a light, agile bike for the climbs. Obviously it is not a 150mm dropper suitable for all mountain or enduro bikes but 80mm drop is plenty enough to get the seat out of the way for terrain that you would expect to tackle on a 100mm travel bike (and maybe a bit more) and the weight penalty is so small when the post is trimmed. So far have spent four solid days riding in wet conditions in Derby TAS and the pist performed flawlessly. This product has impressed me so much I felt like I needed to write my first ever review!

On paper, the Divine SL ticked all the boxes I wanted ticked to suit my XC Carbon hardtail. The post is nicely made and for my bike, the 100mm option is proving to be a good choice.

The cable actuation design is a compromise to reduce weight, because it does away with the levers and mechanisms common to other posts. That's ok as long as you are happy to accept a bit more force on you dropper lever.

After a couple of rides I replaced the cable which came with the post and fitted a quality Shimano XT inner and outer. The supplied one had quite a bit of friction. Getting the cable run right is critical to getting the best performance from this post.

I'm using a Wolf Tooth Light Action lever. Actuation of the dropper works well with the Wolf Tooth. I've also tried a Shimano lever, but the Wolf is better (less actuation force).

Overall, the post works well and definitely makes an XC hardtail more fun to ride.