Can't argue with the logic, particularly on uphill. And tilting the saddle isn't as easy as manually dropping the seat post, yet, we all have a dropper. Seems like a very useful product, especially on long rides.
I am recently recovering from prostatitis and a urinary infection. This was all due to having a lot of pressure on my perineum during a very long mountain bike ride. It was about 60 miles and over 2000m of climbing in almost 35°C weather. My visit to the hospital emergency unit cost me $339. If I had known about this product before and had purchased it at a lower cost than what I paid at the hospital, this would not have happened.
Loved your video about biking with back pain. It helped me a lot, especially the back stretches. This product might be the ticket for those long Pisgah and Dupont climbs. Great video
The biking with backpain video helped me recently! I would imagine at some point they'll have a seatpost with a gyroscope in it that will make these adjustments automatically.
I watched your prev video. Does the switch grade have more or less adjustment (in middle pos) relative to a standard saddle. I’m worried my center position will be too nose up cause I’m at the limit already.
Your initial set up relating to how the middle position is angled will be essentially the same as setting up a regular saddle. In other words, you can vary the angle by how you clamp it onto your dropper post.
Doc while I agree with the premise I disagree with the solution. I ain't a doc, just a rider but my thoughts anyway. This ignores a series of truths and options. The truth that's ignored is that the angles of our bodies don't or shouldn't really change while seated no matter if we're level or climbing. The position of the seat, bars, and bottom bracket create a triangle to fit our body. That triangle has an ideal fit and that ideal fit does not change with inclines. In conjunction with the above I also find a good rule of thumb isn't a level seat, it's to point the seat at the bars. This makes perfect sense, as lower bars means riding with a lower more angled back, forward back, which means one wants a more angled forward pelvis. So those riding with higher lower bars should ride with a more angled forward seat. Now that option, the ideal option for climbing is a long the lines of the TALAS system Fox offered, it's to take full advantage of the suspension to angle the entire bike not just the seat. To maintain that same ideal triangle but just angle the entire thing forward. The TALAS does this by shortening the fork. On my personal bike it shortens it 30mm, that results about a 1.5deg change in angle of the entire bike. Sadly this tech has gone out of favor. In my option it should be expanded on with more height change and on a remote like a dropper or older lockouts.
You lost me at “The truth that’s ignored is that the angles of our bodies don’t or shouldn’t really change while seated…” Did you even watch the video? I’d love to see a rider climbing an 8° hill with the same exact angles as they have on level ground.
Can't argue with the logic, particularly on uphill. And tilting the saddle isn't as easy as manually dropping the seat post, yet, we all have a dropper. Seems like a very useful product, especially on long rides.
I am recently recovering from prostatitis and a urinary infection. This was all due to having a lot of pressure on my perineum during a very long mountain bike ride. It was about 60 miles and over 2000m of climbing in almost 35°C weather. My visit to the hospital emergency unit cost me $339. If I had known about this product before and had purchased it at a lower cost than what I paid at the hospital, this would not have happened.
Loved your video about biking with back pain. It helped me a lot, especially the back stretches. This product might be the ticket for those long Pisgah and Dupont climbs. Great video
Thanks for the kind words! If you’re regularly riding Pisgah, this thing makes so much sense.
The biking with backpain video helped me recently! I would imagine at some point they'll have a seatpost with a gyroscope in it that will make these adjustments automatically.
Really useful video Finley ordered one for myself
Anyone else seeing a use case for the Switchgrade? Let me know 👇🏼and don't forgot about that coupon code 👆🏼
Awesome! I need one :D TY
I know , its a must have , but its to expensive for me , so i have to design and make one for myself ..
Cool review! Looks easy changing the positions when off the bike… but how is it while riding and you have weight on the switchgrade?
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Awesome!! Thank you!
More of a tech question, but how much did you have to adjust your saddle to compensate for the height of the switchgrade?
Why is the SwitchGrade the only product like this? They are the only ones! My back is in need for something like this.
Is that the climb up cedar mountain?
Yep
Does this fit with the Reverb AXS Bluetooth seat post?
They do have a reverb compatible adjuster, but I’m unsure if this includes the AXS version. Might want to reach out to them directly.
I watched your prev video. Does the switch grade have more or less adjustment (in middle pos) relative to a standard saddle. I’m worried my center position will be too nose up cause I’m at the limit already.
Your initial set up relating to how the middle position is angled will be essentially the same as setting up a regular saddle. In other words, you can vary the angle by how you clamp it onto your dropper post.
@@DrJMTB also I see they sell shims for this exact concern if you’re seat post is really slack or dropper head is very T shaped or square
Doc while I agree with the premise I disagree with the solution. I ain't a doc, just a rider but my thoughts anyway. This ignores a series of truths and options.
The truth that's ignored is that the angles of our bodies don't or shouldn't really change while seated no matter if we're level or climbing. The position of the seat, bars, and bottom bracket create a triangle to fit our body. That triangle has an ideal fit and that ideal fit does not change with inclines.
In conjunction with the above I also find a good rule of thumb isn't a level seat, it's to point the seat at the bars. This makes perfect sense, as lower bars means riding with a lower more angled back, forward back, which means one wants a more angled forward pelvis. So those riding with higher lower bars should ride with a more angled forward seat.
Now that option, the ideal option for climbing is a long the lines of the TALAS system Fox offered, it's to take full advantage of the suspension to angle the entire bike not just the seat. To maintain that same ideal triangle but just angle the entire thing forward. The TALAS does this by shortening the fork. On my personal bike it shortens it 30mm, that results about a 1.5deg change in angle of the entire bike. Sadly this tech has gone out of favor. In my option it should be expanded on with more height change and on a remote like a dropper or older lockouts.
You lost me at “The truth that’s ignored is that the angles of our bodies don’t or shouldn’t really change while seated…” Did you even watch the video? I’d love to see a rider climbing an 8° hill with the same exact angles as they have on level ground.
@@DrJMTB 160mm of fork travel would so that. It'd level a 1150mm wheelbase bike on an 8 degree slope.
If you don't know you need it then don't waste your money