“Our overarching goal was to offer a robust post with tool-free travel adjustment,” e*thirteen’s Connor Bondlow told me while we disassembled their new dropper in his workshop. And with a straightforward design that’s dead-simple to work on, the fresh Vario looks like it ticks those boxes.

The all-black Vario is available in two travel options: One with 120mm to 150mm of drop, and another with 150mm to 180mm of drop, both being adjustable by 30mm in just 5mm increments, without tools, via a clever rotating upper bushing. It’s controlled by a redesigned remote, and e*thirteen says that it weighs between 550 and 618-grams, depending on the model.

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