Hey folks!
Not too long ago I looked at this OneUp dropper post remote
and I told you that I liked it very much.
But today I'm gonna take a look at the OneUp version 2 droppers.
I have two of them over here,
with the two different actuators that came in this version 2.
I'm gonna look at the difference between the two and also install them on this Giant Trance.
I picked the OneUp because of the affordable price, good reviews,
and also because I needed a short overall length for the dropper.
This bike has an extremely short seat tube available to me.
The box is identical between the two, and it actually shows the version 1 actuator.
It's minimalistic, Work Less RIDE MORE!
I would love to do more of that these days!
However all the information is either here at the bottom
where you see that this is designed in Squamish BC,
so a proud Canadian company,
but this stuff is manufactured in Taiwan.
Down here is where you see the information
You can see this is a 120 mm dropper post, 30.9 mm tube.
This is a version 2 even though it's not mention anywhere here.
Inside the box more recyclable cardboard
and you have the droppers and a little bag with small parts,
and what it looks to be probably grease.
Also made in Taiwan is written clearly over here.
This version 2 of the droppers has seen a few changes
Nothing here at the top, the collar is different
and this one has two surfaces, one that is grippy and you can easily unscrew it.
The old collar was long and smooth.
You can see the travel here spelled out, the branding of OneUp Components.
Minimum insertion point and then, as you come down to the bottom,
this is where you see the two actuators
This is 2.1 and this is 2.0 2.0 very similar to 1.0 which was slightly longer.
2.1 is an improvement to both of those
and what you usually find on any other dropper out there in the marketplace today.
The stack height of the seat clamp is very low which is great
and underneath you're gonna have a Schrader valve to adjust the pressure in your cartridge.
Also here, front facing you have a bit of OneUp branding
and nothing else on the seatpost.
Version 1 and 2 of the actuator actually rely on the movement of the housing
instead of the inner cable. That was something introduced by KS Lev
many years ago and they regretted it rather quickly .
They had a full recall on it.
Version 2.1 is using the movement of the inner cable
just like any other dropper.
And you can buy it separately and upgrade your version 2 actuator with version 2.1.
Highly recommended, it's only 20 bucks
In the bag you have this little cable barrel
and also you have these 10 mm spacers.
They look like little brass keys that go underneath the collar here
to adjust the travel of the 2.0 dropper by 10 or 20 mm.
You have 7 of them over here so that's enough for 20 mm drop and one extra one as a spare.
These droppers are pretty light:
480 grams for the 150 mm in 30.9 version.
435 grams for this 120 mm in 30.9 version again with the 2.1 actuator.
And that actuator by itself it's only 22 grams.
Most importantly, the dropper remote doesn't come with it
so you have to buy it separately.
But the remote plus the dropper comes up to about 250 US dollars
so what's not to like there?
So let's install the 120 mm on to the Giant
I'm gonna reduce the travel by 10 mm on it,
and also I'm gonna show you how to replace the actuator
on the 150 mm with the 2.1 version of it.
Working on these droppers is actually very simple you don't need that many tools either.
And on this 150 mm, I'm gonna need a 17 mm open wrench
or an adjustable wrench to undo this.
Unscrew it all the way.
Once unscrewed, I pushed the whole shaft
Use a 2 mm hex key to remove these 2 retaining bolts.
Now you can slide the actuator right out.
Grease recommended by OneUp is Slickoleum or Slick Honey.
The same thing is included in the bag.
I'm gonna apply a tiny bit here at the very end.
Their documentation talks about reusing the old bumper
but the new actuator comes with one.
You see Loctite here on the threads,
so all you have to do slide it right in.
I'm tightening this bolt as I'm keeping a little bit of pressure at the end.
And and this has to be hand tight.
And all that's left to do, slide the shaft back into the tube
and start this thread by hand.
14 mm, tighten a bit, not overly tight.
And here we have it!
We just replaced the 2.0 actuator with the 2.1 actuator.
Installing the 120 mm, I'm not going to cover it here because I covered
dropper post installation in a few videos before.
But I'm gonna mention those in the video description.
However the first step here it's always going to be installing your remote.
Obviously running the cable through the frame,
measuring the length of your housing
ultimately running the inner cable
and attaching it to the bottom of your dropper.
The little cable barrel gets installed over here,
it's at the end of the inner cable.
If you don't have it or you lost it, don't worry,
the dropper is gonna work just with the bare cable as well,
that's what OneUp confirmed to me.
Obviously you are gonna slide that to the top,
Push here on the actuator, on the other end ,
slide in your barrel and the inner cable,
and this is ready to be inserted in the seat tube.
Make sure you don't over tighten this clamp
and I have the cable connected to my OneUp remote right now.
And this is a good time to give this a quick try.
Make sure you have a little bit of play here in the remote.
Depressing the remote fully extends the dropper
and you could hear that positive stop at the end of the 120 mm travel.
To install the saddle I used the 5 mm Allen key to undo this bolt.
The back one is easier to work with than the front.
You can then remove the whole saddle clamp assembly
you have these arrows showing you the front of the bike
And underneath you have the Shradder valve
to adjust the pressure inside your cartridge.
250 to 300 psi of pressure, by playing with that pressure
you increase the speed of extension or you decrease it if that's what you're after.
The pressure range 250 to 300 psi is engraved right there.
Right behind here I'm gonna have 8 Nm
which is the maximum torque recommended for these two bolts
5 millimeter hex key used in those bolts again
The last thing I want to show you is how to use these brass spacers
to reduce the travel on these droppers.
It can be reduced by 10 or 20 millimeters
depending on how many of these little keys you install.
And in order to do that, I might need a strap wrench,
and you need grease:
Slickoleum, Slick Honey, SRAM butter
or the one provided in the box.
First step is to lower the dropper, midway
like that.
Next, try to unscrew this collar.
Mine is really tight I'm gonna have to use the strap wrench.
Continue on with your hand
and then lift this up a little bit.
Now we release the dropper, and as you do
you're gonna get access to that little white bushing
this has to be pulled up.
Let's try this again.
Here we go. that's the easiest way to do it so,
what you see here is the top of the keys.
you can see those are the long keys going all the way down here,
that prevent this dropper from rotating.
And this is where you're gonna slide in
the tiny ones that I showed you, the spacers,
so there's 3 of them one, two, and one here on the back.
what I would do is apply grease first
and take your spacer and place it in that groove,
grease is gonna hold it in place.
Do this for all 3 positions,
then slide this white bushing back down.
Push your dropper slowly.
This is gonna go in further down.
Then screw back this top collar hand tight, nothing else.
and the job is done!
But let me know if you guys have any questions about this it is fairly simple to do.
so there you have it
What do you guys think?
Interested in the OneUp dropper posts?
In my little experience here
this is not as smooth as a KS Lev Integra or even a FOX Transfer
but for the price and the flexibility
I think I would highly recommend it
especially if you get it with the OneUp remote
which I love so much.
But that's pretty much the end of my little video here.
if you have any questions
let me know in the comments below.
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And until next time ,
I will see you folks hopefully on the trails .
Cheers guys, cheers!