Sunny Chico, California is the house of Paul Element Engineering. Paul Parts has been making high-end, USA-made bike elements in Chico since 1989. Their merchandise are stuffed with precision machining, being made with aerospace-like tolerances. Their elements are usually not solely superbly engineered to work very properly, however they’re stunning to take a look at as properly and carry a excessive bling issue – their Dropper Set off is not any exception.
The Haro Saguaro 1 I’m reviewing got here spec’d with a TranzX Dropper. I didn’t just like the inventory lever it got here with. It felt onerous to push and strained when actuating the put up. So, I reached out to Paul Parts to evaluation their model of a dropper lever, the Dropper Set off. And, yeah, I bought one in gold, ’trigger properly, it’s gold.
Outta The Field
The blingy fantastic thing about the gold anodized Dropper Set off caught my eye immediately upon opening the field. The machining is ideal with meticulous consideration to element. That is one thing I’ve come to anticipate from Paul Parts and units the model aside from others. The Dropper Set off weight is feathery at 40g.
Construct High quality
After placing the Dropper Set off prototypes via rigorous testing for over a 12 months, the ultimate model finally ends up with some distinctive options. The primary is dual-stacked sealed cartridge bearings within the pivot. This eliminates any pivot slop, boasts tremendous gentle set off motion, and offers a protracted serviceable life.
I can’t contact on the precision of motorcycle elements that come from Paul Parts sufficient. I discussed earlier the aerospace-like tolerances that their elements have. For instance, the Dropper Set off is machined in Chico, California from 6061 American aluminum to 0.0005″ tolerance.
There may be additionally a pinch bolt and a cable head recess which lets you run your dropper cable in both route. The paddle is curved for ergonomics. The Dropper Set off has a hinged clamp for simple set up on or removing from the handlebars. Lastly, there’s a good barrel adjuster for a fast method to take away slack from the system or fine-tune the cable pressure.
Working the Lever and Last Ideas
The set up went flawlessly, and the Paul Dropper Set off operates the TranzX dropper easily with a really gentle actuation, because of the stacked sealed cartridge bearings.
I don’t suppose this must be a long-term evaluation, as I really feel that you simply both like a dropper lever otherwise you don’t.
The Paul Dropper Set off has been nice on the Haro up to now, and the ergonomic paddle form feels flat and optimistic when participating it along with your thumb.
The construct high quality, consideration to element, and distinctive options be sure that this part shall be as long-lived and serviceable as all the pieces that comes from Paul Parts.
The Paul Dropper Set off is available in two clamp sizes, 22.2 (MTB) and 31.8 (drop bars). It is available in ten totally different anodized colours and retails for $97 ($137 for polished).
