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Your cart is empty.The Valais 25 is an adapter that allows the use of a seat bag with a dropper post. The Valais mounts to the stanchion (upper post section of a dropper post), providing a secure mounting point while protecting the stanchion from wear and the wiper seal from damage. We have two Valais diameters available so you will need to know your stanchion diameter. Valais 25 refers to the height of the strap the Valais allows (25mm or 1" strap height). The dual-lip design securely holds packs with straps up to 25mm wide and at full compression the deep skirt contacts the seal collar first, protecting delicate seals from damage. While the Valais is optimized for straps up to 25mm wide, it will also work with wider straps. The adapter is injection-molded from an engineering-grade thermoplastic and strong enough to serve as a temporary crutch in the event of a backcountry dropper failure. Strong, resilient, and non-marring DuPont ™Delrin® thermoplastic, allowing for easy snap-on installation and full strength all the way down to -20°F/-29°C. Shifts cargo to the bike:Small- and mid-sized saddle bags are ideal places to securely store tubes, mini tools, and CO 2cartridges, ensuring that they’re always on hand when needed while freeing up the top tube and handlebar bags for more regularly accessed items. Protects dropper post stanchion:Inexpensive insurance, the Valais protects dropper post stanchions from the wear that occurs at the intersection of saddle bag, seatpost, and wheel-flung grit. Emergency crutch:While dropper posts continue to improve, locking mechanism failure still occurs- often far from the trailhead. The Valais can be used to keep posts extended, allowing the rider to comfortably pedal out of the backcountry. Raceday travel limiter :When seven inches is more than the terrain calls for, the Valais can be used to limit dropper travel to suit. 35mm tall Compatibility Valais limits the dropper travel by at least 25mm. Must have an internal cable routing dropper post Optimized for straps up to 1" (25mm) wide, though will work with wider straps There are two Valais sizes available: 25mm diameter stanchions and one for the 26mm stanchions. Measure your upper seatpost stanchion diameter to determine the correct size to use. Valais 25mm accommodates posts with Some known posts of this size include: 24.75-25.25mm stanchion diameter. Easton Haven Giant Contact (internal routing) RaceFace Turbine RockShox Reverb Stealth Specialized Command Post 9Point8 Fall Line Bikeyoke Revive Others Valais 26mm accommodates posts with 26-26.5mm stanchion diameter. Wolf Tooth Resolve Thomson Covert Fox Transfer KS eTen One-Up Others At full compression, the Valais' deep skirt contacts the seal collar first and will not contact the seal lip (protecting delicate seals from damage). NOTEDiscrete position droppers will likely lose the lowest position because the Valais reduces the dropper travel by 25mm Installation Remove the screw and slide Valais over seatpost stanchion Put the Valais at the highest position, install the screw and tighten to 2-3 NM Install your saddle bag with it as full as it will be on the trail. Let all the air out of your frame shock, drop the post, and compress the bike suspension all the way. Assure there is adequate tire to saddle bag clearance. If there is not tire clearance, raise the dropper, and lower the Valais until there is adequate tire to saddle bag clearance. Re-inflate your shock and be sure that the Valais is torqued to 2-3 Nm Related Products Cockpit Accessories Tech Specs Weight:25mm • 20g |26mm • 19g Material:Injection molded DuPont Delrin thermoplastic Torque:2-3 Nm Made in the USA [snippet name="Prop 65"]
Orignal
Reviewed in Canada on July 12, 2022
Installed without issue on a PNW Rainier 31.6 dropper. It does what it's supposed to do, but I wish it was more round in the back IOT prevent wear on seat pack. Too expensive for what it is.
PismoPat
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022
This works perfectly on drop seats if you want to carry a storage pouch from the seat. However, whoever did the marketing missed the boat. First, the orientation on the package is the opposite of how it is installed. The wider lip goes down, but it is packaged at the top. Second, there are no instructions. It just says to loosen the hex nut and put it over the seat post. I was afraid I'd break it if I spread it wide enough to put over the drop post. It doesn't tell you or show you in an illustration, how to attach it. I went to my bike store and they told me the plastic was soft enough to just spread it and put it on from the side. I thought it might go on from the top, taking off the seat. There is a disconnect between the designer of the product and the package designer.
PowerTools
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2022
Let me start by saying that I did return this product. Not due to any defect, but because it's similar material to the clamp that came on my Arkel rollpack. If I only had Velcro straps, I would have definitely kept this. Pop out the one screw, twist it around the dropper post, put the screw back in and call it done.It does, obviously, limit the amount of dropper travel. That's actually not a bad thing. In fact, if your rear bag hits your back tire when the dropper is all the way down, you could use this to reduce the amount of travel. Just don't be surprised when the dropper doesn't pop back up all the time. These things seem to like to always be compressed completely before raising back up. Mine isn't the only dropper that does this.It seems like the kind of material that will last for ages without you having to think about it.
Gregory Galistan
Reviewed in Singapore on December 12, 2021
Works exactly as advertised
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