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TranzX Announces New $499 Wireless Dropper Post 13

Wireless, and less money.

iceman2058
5/25/2023 1:49am
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May 22nd, 2023 - TranzX, one of the largest original equipment manufacturers in the world, today announced their new EDP01 Wireless Dropper Post, shipping direct to consumers for $499 USD. For more than 30 years TranzX has been designing and manufacturing bicycle components focusing on practicality and quality. TranzX first entered the direct to consumer North American market in 2020 via the support of Sacramento, CA based distributor Dialed Distribution.

Beyond affordability, the all-new EDP01 wireless dropper post boasts one of the shortest post lengths at 260mm (collar to base on the 170mm post). This allows for more compatibility across more bikes, providing the ability to utilize the maximum benefit of the post’s travel. 

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The EDP01 is available in both 30.9mm & 31.6mm diameters with either 170mm or 200mm travel options. As a wireless option, the EDP01 focuses on simplicity, value, and reliability. 

The EDP01 Wireless Dropper Post is immediately available to customers in the US, Canada, and Mexico. To learn more about TranzX products available in North America visit https://na.tranzx.com/.

About TranzX

Since 1992, TranzX has been a leader in components manufacturing, dedicated to serving the rapidly evolving needs of the bicycle industry. https://na.tranzx.com/.

About Dialed Distribution

Helping the outdoor industry navigate the modern age of commerce by offering sales, marketing, product design and order fulfillment services. https://www.dialeddistribution.com/.

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Willis24
1 year ago

Seems like they would have wanted to shape the dropper lever to something more convex? Perhaps something shaped like the popular aftermarket levers.

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matmattmatthew
1 year ago

In my experience, having owned plenty of cable-actuated droppers and a couple of AXS droppers, the shape of the lever for an electronic dropper doesn't need to be and shouldn't be shaped the same as a cable remote.  The amount of force needed to actuate the AXS dropper is probably 10-20x less than a cable remote.  Cable remotes need leverage and a longer throw to operate.  The movement of the AXS remote is probably only a few millimeters.  When I use the AXS remote I barely touch the button, I basically "tap" the leftmost part of the button that sticks out, and I only need to use the smallest part of my thumb.  When I ride my Enduro that has a cable-actuated post, it feels like a completely different motion and requires a few uses to get used to it after riding my other bikes with AXS.    Mike Levy at PB did a really good job explaining how the sensitively of electronic droppers' remotes are different from cable.

"That brings us to the e-Verb's most useful feature: You can bump the bottom edge of the paddle and sort of let your thumb push off of it as soon as it activates the post, quickly dropping or raising it by just about five-millimeters each time.

This 'feathering' of sorts is incredibly useful on awkward, technical climbs or rolling trails where some extra clearance can make you feel a lot more comfortable. And, aside from the missing hose, it's probably the only place where the AXS e-Verb beats the standard version if you want to talk strictly performance and forget how neat it is to have a wireless party post."

Sorry for the long response, I'm at a job site waiting for a building inspector, I have some time to kill...

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fleein_ian
1 year ago

It is really cool to see this stuff coming out for us peons. I checked the under the collar height and it's 7mm less than OneUp's closest offerings, albeit 10mm less travel. But I'd take the 200mm post. 290mm insertion length, and not having to worry about a cable, and more travel than an AXS post... SOLID. If the actuation speed is fast, and reliability is there, I'd call this post a winner. 

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bizutch
1 year ago

Soooo...science nerds out there.  With all the millions of bits and baubles running off bluetooth out there...what keeps one signal from hacking the other.
Better yet, is there a point of saturation where a "glob" of bluetooth operated equipment (phones, laptops, earbuds, GoPros, shifters, seatposts, shocks, forks, drones...and so on....where the interference or chance of "duplicate" signals where they just start hacking one another's signals?

Better yet, how can I hack into a stranger's bluetooth dropper post and shifter trailside?  For...."science".....

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synBike
1 year ago

No. In general communication protocols typically send messages in chunks (streaming). The chunks are then combined and a unique identified for that message is checked. Basically there is a mathematical process where a long message can be converted to a short unique signature (a hash). If the hashes match then it the receiver knows the whole message has been received and it is valid. If junk data gets in the mix it invalidates the hash and the receiver knows the result is invalid

The bluetooth protocol itself also includes a whole bunch of handshake protocols for devices to identify themselves to one another and various rules for who can connect to what. There are some security vulnerabilities (like you neighbour being able to connect to your wireless speaker when you don't have a device connected to it) but bluetooth is not usually used for sensitive data. 

While lots of devices can't "hack" each other there is a point where the frequency band becomes saturated with too many devices and communication just doesn't work that well or sometimes at all because messages just keep getting dropped. People used to see this a bit with 2.4ghz devices like Wifi router, baby monitors, and cordless home phones. 

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matmattmatthew
1 year ago

Looks good, glad to see more companies going wireless with droppers.  I've been running AXS droppers for 2+ years on 2 different bikes and I absolutely love it.  So much so, that I'm having a custom steel hardtail built and I elected to have the builder add no dropper cable routing so I can only run a wireless dropper.  

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matmattmatthew
1 year ago

I know I know.  I wrestled with doing it but after mountain biking for 25+ years and owning probably 50+ bikes, I'm finally having a custom bike built exactly how I want it.  I don't plan to ever sell the bike and will probably hand it down to one of my kids.  I'm also having the builder not install any cable routing for shifting, It's going to primarily be a single speed so I wanted to have as clean a frame as possible.  The builder is also including UDH dropouts so if I do want to run gears it will have to be wireless, which I already have on 2 bikes and love.  I'll report back in 10 years and let everyone know if I made the right decision.  

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klimberx
1 year ago

I love my Neuhaus  Hummingbird. It’s funny that you want wireless only dropper cause running the dropper cable through the BB is my only gripe about the frame. So much that I’m getting a wireless dropper so I don’t have to deal with it again. Otherwise an absolute amazing bike that i will never get rid of.