The lure of the new Reverb

10/05/25 21:59 Filed in: Gear

My Slash has a full AXS Flight Attendant group on it. Which includes the rather short-drop 170mm Reverb A1 version dropper (the longest they made in A1 version). In contrast, I have a 200mm drop Reverb C1 (latest version, hydraulic activation) on my Ripley, which is close to the longest drop I could fit in it and the seat is _so_ out of the way when dropped I am not sure more would be of any use in practice. Back to my wireless dropper. The new AXS Reverb drops up to 250mm. That's a whopper of a dropper.
I can definitely bump the seat at times on steeper or rougher trails. I'm very likely to "upgrade" to the new B1 AXS Reverb in around a 200mm drop. Might squeeze the 225mm drop into the bike, might not - have to measure before the posts come into stock and can be ordered. The "plan" at the moment is to head to Whistler in August and the Slash will be going, so a longer dropper would help out on some of the techy trails I'm liable to ride.
Integrating a new wireless post into the bike is simple - remove seat, remove post, insert post, install seat, re-pair all the components, ride.

The new Reverb is air-only. No hydraulic circuit. Apparently uses 600psi in the skinny posts (30.9 and 31.8) and a 'meagre' 450psi in the phat 34.9 post I need. I know I don't have a 450psi shock pump to refill that air chamber. I'm sure they'll be a thing once these posts go up for sale.

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The lure of the new Reverb