Vitalmtb.com got their hands on the new Race Face Turbine R dropper seatpost and put it to the test with impressive results.
Review: Vitalmtb.com
Overall: 4.5 stars out of 5
When Race Face first got into the dropper post game, they licensed the technology for the original Turbine dropper from 9point8, a Canadian company specializing in this component in particular. Whilst the original version of that dropper, the 9point8 Fall Line scored a podium finish in our Dropper post face off, the licensed version manufactured by Race Face ultimately failed to live up to expectations. We rated it highly at first, but we had to back pedal later in the face of a spate of reliability issues. Race Face knew it had to do something different to remain relevant in the dropper market, and since it is owned by FOX, the solution must have seemed pretty obvious: rebadging the outstanding FOX Transfer post. The result is called the Turbine R, and here are our impressions of it after a month on the trail.
