Tested

BIKE YOKE DIVINE DROPPER POST

£279

SPECIFICATION Weight: 451g • Drop: 125, 160 and 185mm • Sizes: 30.9 and 31.6 • Contact: tftuned.com

The Divine dropper is the third addition to the Bike Yoke dropper range, sitting alongside the Revive, which I tested back in the summer, and the Divine SL, the company’s lightweight XC option. The Divine and Divine SL share similar architecture but the former is £50 cheaper and has a longer, adjustable drop (the Divine SL is a 80mm post). This is done by clipping small plastic spacers to a shaft inside the body of the dropper and allows users to reduce drop by 20mm in 5mm jumps.

Importer TFTuned claims adding the spacers is a five-minute job, but it does require some specialist tools and we found it more like a 20-minute task. Obviously, the lower portion of the post still remains the same length, so if you’re struggling running a longer dropper in the frame due to a kink in the seat tube or suspension pivot placement, it’s not a substitute but it does offer greater flexibility.

The Divine shares the same Auto Revive feature as the Divine SL and Revive, which resets the post with each full compression/extension cycle. This eliminates some of the sagging at the top of the travel you get with some hydraulic posts. The Divine internals are also lighter and, like all Bike Yoke posts, it can be serviced by any home mechanic with some simple tools.

The other big plus with the Bike Yoke design is the collar that sits just above the seat clamp is super-shallow, so you generally get an extra 20mm to play with — in other words you can squeeze a 150mm dropper in the space of a 125mm.

To improve durability, Bike Yoke’s Triggy X remote lever turns on a sealed cartridge