Matej Mohoric celebrates his victory in the 2022 Milan-San Remo (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)
"Everyone will start to use dropper posts," said the Slovenian after revealing the secret behind his solo escape on the white-knuckle descent of the Poggio.
However, the supposedly game-changing technology doesn’t appear to have caught on in the pro peloton, ot yet at least.
"I didn’t see so much enthusiasm about using it in road races after I used it successfully in San Remo," Mohorič said while at the Bahrain Victorious training camp in Spain.
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"But I still believe it makes a difference. It makes the bike easier to control and lowers the centre of gravity. If there’s a chance, I’ll definitely use it again in some races, but I don’t know what the others will do."
Part of the problem is the fact that dropper posts, which are common in mountain biking, are so rare on road bikes. In fact, most seat tubes are shaped in a way that wouldn’t even fit the droppers currently on the market. And to comply with UCI regulations, they have to be on the market already.Despite Bahrain Victorious sponsor FSA making a dropper post of its own, the post in use by Mohorič was a sponsor-incorrect choice of the Fox […]
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