OneUp Announces New V3 Dropper Post
Press Release: OneUp Components
Lighter, smoother and more reliable.
Introducing the NEW OneUp Components V3 Dropper Post: An ultra lightweight, high performance, long travel dropper.
Our third generation dropper post has been over 3 years in the making. It's better than the award-winning V2 in every way. It’s lighter, smoother and more reliable. It has the shortest stack and total length of any other dropper. This isn’t just the longest dropper that will fit your bike. It’s, simply, the best.
Lighter.
The new V3 is the lightest infinitely adjustable dropper on the market at any given travel. It’s even lighter than XC specific lightweight droppers. The V3 is available in the widest range of travel options and suitable for all rider weights and riding styles.
We simplified and refined the design as much as possible and shaved weight from almost every single part to make the V3 Dropper 60 to 70 grams lighter than our V2. The biggest weight savings come from our new hydraulic cartridge that never needs to be inflated.
The new V3 dropper is 238g lighter than a Reverb AXS, 155g lighter than a Transfer and up to 60g lighter than the 2-position Transfer SL. [Editor's Note: claimed, we'll verify weights in our long term review]
You can save an additional 10g with our Ti Bolt Upgrade Kit.
Smoother.
Our riders asked for improved seals, reduced play and smoother action. The new V3 delivers all of these performance improvements in a simple, reliable design.
Cartridge: The all-new cartridge requires 75% less lever force to initiate when seated. That means it’s even quicker and easier to drop your saddle while riding.
Bushings: All the bushings use a low-friction, self-lubricating IGUS material and have increased bushing overlap to further reduce friction. 180-240 drop posts have an additional bushing to further support the increased overlap.
Seals: Completely new, high-performance collar with a custom SKF wiper seal to keep dirt out and grease in. The new seal and bushings keep the V3 running smoother for longer, with less maintenance.
Pins: To eliminate rotational play without increasing friction, we’ve doubled the number of anti-rotation pins and added 2 oversized polymer pins.
Specs.
Travel:
90mm / 120mm / 150mm / 180mm / 210mm / 240mm
Weight:
325g / 370g / 415g / 460g / 515g / 585g (for 30.9)
337g / 385g / 433g / 480g / 538g / 610g (for 31.6)
408g / 472g / 535g / 600g / 675g / 765g (for 34.9)
304g / 340g (for 27.2)
Total Length: 295mm / 350mm / 415mm / 480mm / 545mm / 610mm
Compressed Stack Height: 30mm (25mm for 34.9)
Diameter: 27.2/ 30.9 / 31.6 / 34.9
Routing: Internal
Warranty: 2 Years
The V3 Dropper Post is designed to work perfectly with the V3 Remote.
Pricing.
3 Dropper Post (post only)
$269.99 USD / $364.99 CAD / €291.99 / £291.99
V3 Remote
$44.99 USD / $59.99 CAD / €49.99 / £44.99
V3 Dropper Post + V3 Remote
$299.99 USD / $399.99 CAD / €324.99 / £320.99
Details.
Service and Maintenance:
- Post can be fully disassembled in less than 10 minutes using only a 14mm wrench, a 5mm hex and 2mm hex (or the OneUp multi-tool)
- No custom tools required and no need to send your post away for maintenance
- No need to adjust or top up air pressure
- Longer service intervals: 120 hours for clean and grease / 350 hours for rebuild
- 2-year warranty
Improvements over V2:
- 60-70g lighter
- 75% reduction in breakaway force and smoother actuation
- All new cartridge design
- Compressed stack height is 3mm shorter
- Total length is up to 10mm shorter
- Increased bushing overlap
- IGUS self-lubricating bushings
- Low friction SKF Seal
- New cartridge is 100% recyclable
New upgrades available for V2:
- New V2.1 Collar with SKF Seal upgrade for V2 droppers coming soon
- Ti Bolt upgrade kit is compatible with V2 and is available now for $14.99 USD
- All V2 replacement parts will be available for at least another 5 years
Simply, the best.
We wanted to make the best dropper post for our bikes at a price that we’d pay with our own money. We can’t wait to see what you think.
In stock and available worldwide with free shipping at oneupcomponents.com
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What are the other muppets doing?
Wireless is a hard sell 238g more. You would have to make some serious compromises elsewhere on your bike to make up this kind of weight difference.
-Dr Steve Brule, MTB coach
well the AXS ones are decently reliable. yes the older ones are horrible. the oneup v2 isnt much more reliable than current reverbs, its just super easy to fix/service when theres a problem.
OneUp: damn that's crazy aha
Otherwise, they've been bombproof.
To be clear, I like the product a lot, but the PNW Loam that I own, which has a very similar architecture, does not have these issues - I have never serviced it and it works as well as the day it was installed. So the needy OneUp post is a contrast. And I'm on my second OneUp - the first one was warrantied due to being very rattly.
I can see the downvotes accumulating since I know this is a favorite PB product, but this is just my experience. And I like the product enough to try the V3 version.
-I ride about 250 hours a year, I've had it for 18 months so it's likely got 375hrs on it. Definitely do for full service. However, the slow return issues started early on in the post's life... within ~3 months of new.
-I do ride in PNW conditions (mud, dust in summer)
-I've had to open it up, clean it and re-grease it 7+ times in 18 months because of slow return
-Past month I have to manually pull it up most times when it gets near the top
-Has the rotational shake play in it
-It's 31.6 x 180mm, shimmed to 170mm
-It looks like the V3 should fix most/all of these issues
-Yes, I will get the V2 fully rebuilt soon.
The dust wiper and seals weren't fitted with the best tolerances either. This V3 seems like a good upgrade. I'm using Crankbrothers and Fox droppers now
It will be swapped for a BikeYoke imminently especially as they're only slightly more costly than a V3 too.
For example, our REVIVE requires about 9mm cable pull for max retuinr speed. Some Shimano remotes could only pull 7mm. This will not open the valve all the way and the post will not reach full speed. Neither product is at fault, they are just not made for each other.
Some will work better than others, and then there is also preference. Personally, I do not like a too light lever feel, so I ride most of my bikes with our short paddle levers (we have a long paddled version, too) to have more resistance (not to confuse with friction).
I have a PNW one as well, I agree with you there. The Loam is a hard to kill dropper. I bought one 2 years ago and have yet to kill it.
Also my PNW lever for some reason always feels better than any other I've tried
Here's what we made and here's why it's good.
No aspirational marketing showing how my family will go on a vacation with a disposable camera and then our dog jumps in the water splashing on the screen to fade to some over-focus grouped lipstick for the same pig which is now 3 times the cost and half the size. Then it requires you to provide a blood sample and sign your firstborn away to log into their app which the thing is useless without.
They seem to be beating around the bush here, but based on the pictures, it seems like you CANNOT adjust air pressure. Is this the case? So if I do lose pressure over time I'm SOL?
We also back the cartridge with a 2 year warranty.
How much is a replacement cartridge?
You are right the valve doesn’t suit well the 300 psi
But it’s good to see improvements
So the cartridge is running at 300psi when fully dropped?
As the owner of Bike Yoke, don't you think it would be more transparent for PinkBike readers if you posted as @BikeYoke instead of your personal handle?
Speaking of Pinkbike readers. Our dropper post is objectively lighter, less expensive and has a shorter stack and total length than BikeYoke. We also think it is smoother and easier to work on than a Bike Yoke. Obviously we're each biased to our own dropper designs but perhaps PinkBike can settle that in a review of the V3.
@brianpark , what do you think?
If you claim your post to be "simply, the best", then I will believe you. There is no reason not to, for I have not tried or seen it, yet.
I'd personally, however, let the users decide for themselves what to refer to as "the best", because there are many aspects that can be "best", which not always shows on mere specs on paper or drawings.
And a standalone review, while important for you, just as for us, and for customers to give guidance and impressions, does usually not neccessarily reflect what's happening in the field with tens of thousands of users.
For me (or us) it's not super important to win prizes or awards or shootouts.
I also don't think I have the need to have anything "settled".
For us it's important to know that our customers can simply just enjoy the work and dedication we put into not only designing, but also actually building the products with our own team. And we try to achieve this by doing the best we can to making riding a BikeYoke dropper an exceptionally worryfree experience that lets them forget that they have a highly complex component in their bike that actually also requires maintenance. More ofthe than not people seem to forget about it and that's the best praise we can get.
That's why we are not always chasing for the lightest or compactest, because it sometimes does not go well with our philosophy.
We could not be happier with the feedback we receive from customers and I am sure so do you.
We have completely different approaches in how to design and manufacture products and this is perfectly good the way it is. Wouldn't it be sad if we all had the same products and brand idelogy?
911 and Corvette. Both are certainly excellent cars and while I certainly know what I think is better, it's certainly not for everyone and in every aspect.
All that being said, I don't really see why I should post with a @BikeYoke alias here on Pinkbike for transparency. Which post would require transparency or what would it do good? Actually, we don't even have one.
All I have posted either makes clear I am from BikeYoke or it simply does not matter as I am not a company but a person after all.
(Seems odd to think about buying lighter stuff for a kids bike, but if you have a light kid, the weight of the bike is a lot more relative. If I can save some weight from the top, that just makes the bike easier to handle. Also, it’s a transferable part. )
Heck, I'm not even saying we're are second best. I don't need anything "settled".
It's not me to make a decision for a customer. We do the best we think we can in aspects that are important for us. And if customers value these aspects, too, they may consider it best, too.
And we'd never tell a customer that the SDG or Wolftooth or X-Fusion or OneUp, which he may be perfectly happy with for many reasons (as we can see right in this thread), is inferior to ours because it may simply be not the case for him.
Sheer specifications can be measured and are certainly objective. Many other things are not ot can not be measured by a single review. All that being said, we're more than happy to send over any of our posts for a review.
So, dear downvoters, it'd be nice to let me know why you downvote my honest answer that is by no means disrespectful in any way.
As a consumer, I feel disrespected when a product's competitor isn't open about their identity in this forum. Whether you like it or not, you are BikeYoke here, and your voice represents that product and company.
Also, your responses here come across as accusatory and critical of OneUp. Sometimes, even close to combative and attacking. Even though this might not be your intention, that's how they're reading to me. I downvoted to express my displeasure with that kind of dialogue between competitors. I want to discourage it.
I own a Revive, it's a great product. I also own a OneUp V2, it's a great product. Keep up the great work!
If anyone feels disrespected, I want to apologize.
So bike yoke has a nicer feel, much better reliability and no rotation.
One up is lighter, longer and cheaper. Both have their advantages.
V3’s extra bushing for the longer posts is going to be a great upgrade. I’ve noticed my V2 210mm has a bit of flex.
Insertion V2 297mm? Total 540 mm
Insertion V3 305mm? Total 545 mm
Saddle height is 270mm, insertion is 251mm.
I have a 180mm and can't rationalise shimming an 210mm to 190mm for just an extra 10mm.
The BY revive 213mm on my main bike that has seen all kinds of conditions, 2 rides a week for nearly 4 years and it's as smooth as the day I fitted it. Hands down the best piece of kit I've ever bought for a bike. My only complain is that they don't do a 240mm+ version
SRAM are going to release that exact one, but they'll would up and call it 300 like their crank axles.
The 'fix' for the V2 was to reduce the travel of the post so that there was an extra two CM of post exposed between the post collar and the clamp.
Thanks for the reply
can.oneupcomponents.com/products/dropper-post-rebuild-kit-v2-1
By the way - there should be a law every manufacturer include information compressed stack height, cheers for that!
(I know you do it because yours is probably with the shortest one)
V3 & V2 in 240mm both have a Total length of 610?
I have two of 210 and one of 240.
All of them 30.9mm V2.
Had a problem with first 210mm I bought after some 2 year.
Had that rod shortened by 1-2 mm and the green part on bottom was a bit bent so i just bend it back.
Open the dropper , clean it , take 20-30 minutes looking at It and then put It back , SRAM grease / motorex oil / set piston on some logic height / pump.
Still goes after almost 4 years now...
Hope V3 will be that good...
Haha, since a metal fork leg tool from Fox costs €70 here, which idi*t is going to spend a fortune on this probably even more expensive nonsense?
(Looks at price)
Okay, regardless of insignificant weight savings, that's actually very reasonable...
only downfall is the lever is hard to push... even if the whole system is outside the frame completely with new cables of course...its maybe 3-4x harder to push than my fox post... definitely a bummer... i took apart the linkage and push rod which was obviously bone dry, coated everything in slick honey that HELPED a ton!!
last thing is that the return speed is practically impossible to control, you can try pushing the lever niiiiiiice and slllloooooow.... but forget it, shes coming up at one speed ;D
hope this information helps!! the seat post showed up to my house 25hrs after ordering it from OneUp, that's dang impressive!!!
only downfall is the lever is hard to push... even if the whole system is outside the frame completely with new cables of course...its maybe 3-4x harder to push than my fox post... definitely a bummer... i took apart the linkage and push rod which was obviously bone dry, coated everything in slick honey that HELPED a ton!!
last thing is that the return speed is practically impossible to control, you can try pushing the lever niiiiiiice and slllloooooow.... but forget it, shes coming up at one speed ;D
The original reason which made OneUp Dropper so popular is that it brough reliability, large drop (170mm) and small stack for a half price of the competition (BikeYoke).
Now V3 is not that cheap any more, thus losing its main competitive advantage to the other contenders. Reliability is a must today and many have already achieved it, and with a price tag of V3 similar to others, it will become just one of the options.
It's simply a different approach compared to offering a servcieable cartidge.
For example it has the advantage of being significantly less cost extensive in production and also the whole unit can be replaced super easily by the customer. As a manufacturer you cut a lot of cost and you can forward these saved costs to the customer.
So it very much depends on how you define your own requirements whether it's good or bad that the cartridge is a dispoosable. It certainly also has advantages.
I have the V2 and love it. Only grime i have is that the seal lets to much dirt in. In lots of winter riding it gets stuck because of it. The best solution I've found, other than a full clean, is WD40. It repels the wet muck and adds some lubrication. In dry conditions it just works.
The cartridge did fail once, but you can get that as a spare.
I don't think your blanket statement backed up with nothing more than an excessive use of periods means anything.
Maybe @OneUpComponents can chime in one day and acknowledge and maybe even ID the problem, considering it wouldn't be hard for them to ask their parent company for a frame from one of their other brands to run some tests by people who know wtf they are doing.
Of course here on PB, like reddit and other online communities, hates criticism of their favored products or ideas and we will be mass downvoted.
Also... how does a self lubricatiing IGUS bushing self lubricate, when the skf seal is in place to keep all the grease in.... didnt we just say it was self lubricating?
"All the bushings use a low-friction, self-lubricating IGUS material and have increased bushing overlap to further reduce friction."
"Completely new, high-performance collar with a custom SKF wiper seal to keep dirt out and grease in."
these posts are trash. Their pedals are trash too. Pull the spindle out sometime and look at all the chips they leave in the blind bore of the aluminum body. They run an unsealed bearing in there too. Bike parts are expensive, I dont want to have to buy them twice.
Rant over.
If you work on your bike, or maybe have your mechanic open it up for you, the machining operation is omitting an important step. Again, if you ride the product long enough, you'll see what I mean.
I work on my own bikes but dont really touch the posts... guess You've had bad luck Mr Moth.
a) We are no fans of disposable cartridges. They may be convenient, but they are disposables nevertheless. We have always been living by the credo of actual sustainbility, before it became an hollow marketing trend.
Our products should be repairable rather than replaceable. Any parts should be available for anyone to fix what's broken. But first and foremost, they should be reliable.
Reliable, repairable design involves a lot of thinking, learning, and of course cost, as you need to add a lot of features on every single part (threads, grooves, chamfers, surfaces, faces, ...) that you can skip, if you just make it disposable.
b) Then there comes the fact that we are actually producing and assembling our own posts by our own team in our own facilities, with our own machines. That does cost a lot of money too. Others do not have these cost.
I'd love to invite PB for a factory visit to see what we are actually doing and how it is different from what many others do and how much personal investment it requires from each and every team member.
c) Then we are selling through traditional distribution channels (brand -> distributor -> dealer -> end consumer). All of these we consider integral for the mtb-world's infrastructure. We need dealers, we need distributors. We do not want to cut anyone out. That does require additional margins for every level involved.
Those are just some of the reasons why our products cost what they do.
We are proud to not only design our products, but also to make them ourselves and that is the main reason why we do our job. We love to see people enjoying what we think are well made products and seeing them on the trail makes me so happy. Making money assures assures we can keep doing our job. And for making money, we need to charge a fair price.
So no, it won't be cheaper than the one here - not possible - but also feel free to be surprised when the day has come.
All that being said, I get it why we are always being compared to certain brands, but one should not forget that companies can play different games with different focuses.
All that said: Chapeau to OneUp for a great looking dropper.
What I meant to ask was if your "surprise" might be small improvements (like a weight reduction) in your product or maybe a price drop. I can wait for your announcement
But a mere price drop is not something you'd need to announce, or make a big deal about, is it?
We're not a very good marketing company. We just try to make good stuff.
Id say replacing the cartridge every three years is more sustainable than the entire post after one season like I had to.
Well, why did you have to throw away your post after one season, if I may ask?
You can be more specific.
And was the post one of ours?
Then, as you said, your point is not a scientific study.
You could also say that being in a place crash sucks and for that you'd never fly in a plane. That does't make driving in a car safer than flying.
We are used to throwing things aways and replacingt them with news ones instead of getting them fixed and that is a big shame in my opinion.
Videos, of full rebuilds, however, we already have, as well as downloadable explosion views.
Basically something like what Rockshox does for their forks.
Thank me later!