{"id":6345,"date":"2015-08-14T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2015-08-07T10:34:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T17:34:40","slug":"blister-gear-review-tests-thomsons-elite-covert-dropper-seat-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/2015\/08\/blister-gear-review-tests-thomsons-elite-covert-dropper-seat-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Blister Gear Review tests Thomson\u2019s Elite Covert dropper seat post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6346\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/blister-gear-thomson-elite-covert.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6346\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6346\" src=\"\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/blister-gear-thomson-elite-covert.jpg\" alt=\"blister-gear-thomson-elite-covert\" width=\"400\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/blister-gear-thomson-elite-covert.jpg 802w, https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/blister-gear-thomson-elite-covert-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Blistergearreview.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thomson is known for the reliability and quality of their seat posts and components, so <a href=\"\/\/blistergearreview.com\/gear-reviews\/thomson-elite-covert-dropper-seatpost\" target=\"_blank\">Blister Gear Review<\/a> set out to test if the new Elite Covert dropper post stands up to the Thomson name.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/\/bikethomson.com\/elite-dropper-seatpost\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomson Elite Covert<\/a> features 5 inches (125mm) of infinite travel and 5mm of setback, plus an ambidextrous remote with short lever, for quick height changes.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewer Tom Collier praises the Elite Covert for an easy installation, and nice, small lever that is easy to reach.<\/p>\n<p>On the construction of the post, Collier had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen handling the post, it feels like you\u2019d expect any Thomson product to feel. The seat clamp doesn\u2019t slip, and it doesn\u2019t creak.<\/p>\n<p>I mounted the post on my bike with a new WTB Volt Saddle\u2026and grabbed the seat to check how much wiggle there was. Answer: None. There wasn\u2019t any perceptible motion\u2026it gives the feel of a high quality part.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His bottom line: \u201cThe Thomson Elite Covert dropper post has the best seat clamp on the market, and the least seat play. If this dropper proves to be durable over the long term, the Elite Covert will become my new go-to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review at <a href=\"\/\/blistergearreview.com\/gear-reviews\/thomson-elite-covert-dropper-seatpost\" target=\"_blank\">BlisterGearReview.com<\/a>, and learn more at your <a href=\"\/\/www.livetoplaysports.com\/en\/find-a-dealer\/\" target=\"_blank\">local Thomson dealer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomson is known for the reliability and quality of their seat posts and components, so Blister Gear Review set out to test if the new Elite Covert dropper post stands up to the Thomson name. The Thomson Elite Covert features&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[866,598],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6347,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345\/revisions\/6347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livetoplaysports.com\/news-press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}