It’s 2020 and we like to customize everything from our kicks to our vitamins. We wanted to take that customization lifestyle into the world of droppers with the updated Rainier IR. The past version of this post is known for its consistency and reliability. While maintaining those qualities, this new iteration focuses on fitting more bikes and providing refined adjustability for the rider.

So what’s the benefit? Let’s say that after using our dropper post calculator on our website you’re right in between a 200 and 170mm travel post, maybe 185mm is the perfect amount of travel for your bike. Since the 200mm is too long, you’d have to buy a 170mm which leaves meat on the bone and doesn’t maximize the amount of travel you can actually fit. With the new Rainier’s tool-less travel adjust system you can quickly make the adjustment and be off to the trail with 15mm more travel than you would have had previously. Pretty rad!

The redesigned Rainier is significantly shorter than our other posts. We scrubbed overall length of the post by minimizing the size of the bottom actuator and shortening the lower tube. Overall length reductions vary by travel but we were able to knock out 27.5mm of overall length from our 125mm size. Combining all of these changes means this version of the Rainier can fit into more bikes while also maximizing the amount of travel available. That is some pretty nifty design if we do say so ourselves.