AXS is a massive step up in purchase price and product management (remembering to charge battery). Works fantastic, yes, and it’s nice being able to easily pull a post out of the frame, yes, but on the trail the return on investment, performance wise, is questionable. This remote is a nice performance improvement that essentially doesn’t raise the purchase price of a OneUp V2 dropper package at all.
I imagine Fox will be next to the wireless game - they have LiveValve tech already - and that when they do it will include a longer version. But they’ll need to move the battery in front (under saddle nose) or below (in frame) because rear tire to battery clearance at full drop is an issue.
The issue for OneUp will be packaging a similar system into a post that remains best in class for maximum drop @ minimum stack @ minimum insertion depth. Maybe with the extra space inside of 34.9 posts? And then also the fact their products are generally a very solid value v. the most expensive option on the market.
July 25, 2022, 6:05 a.m. - Andrew Major
AXS is a massive step up in purchase price and product management (remembering to charge battery). Works fantastic, yes, and it’s nice being able to easily pull a post out of the frame, yes, but on the trail the return on investment, performance wise, is questionable. This remote is a nice performance improvement that essentially doesn’t raise the purchase price of a OneUp V2 dropper package at all. I imagine Fox will be next to the wireless game - they have LiveValve tech already - and that when they do it will include a longer version. But they’ll need to move the battery in front (under saddle nose) or below (in frame) because rear tire to battery clearance at full drop is an issue. The issue for OneUp will be packaging a similar system into a post that remains best in class for maximum drop @ minimum stack @ minimum insertion depth. Maybe with the extra space inside of 34.9 posts? And then also the fact their products are generally a very solid value v. the most expensive option on the market.