If you can’t beat them join them, but for the love of bikes put a spin on it. With the new Vario dropper posts, e13 has done just that. They’ve gone the Wintek route with the easily replaced, infinitely adjustable, gas-charged cartridges powering their take on the max-travel adjustable chassis. Two versions exist, the ‘why bother’ edition is a 150mm travel post that can be lowered to 120mm and the ‘new normal’ edition is a max 180mm dropper post that can be incrementally lowered to 150mm so riders can find the maximum travel usable with their frame. More on that below.
I’m sure I have this ass-backward, but what’s really exciting to me about this release is the new Vario dropper post remote. The ergonomics, action, and construction are all improved from their excellent first-edition and at fifty bones (USD) it’s a solid challenger for best dropper remote, at any price, for a bunch less cash. I hope they made a bunch because I could see plenty of folks with perfectly okay dropper posts purchasing one as an upgrade. More on that below too.
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