OneUp Components V2 Dropper Post: Rider Review

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OneUp Components really challenged the dropper market with their posts. They were incredibly more affordable and even offered an adjustable travel, which was unseen until they hit the market. They might be some of the best droppers available today! Our buddy Beau made the switch. Let's see what he thought:

Beau's Initial Thoughts

After Riding with a different brand of dropper post and getting tired of a sore thumb from tight actuation, and wobbly seat movement, I felt it was time to try a new dropper. OneUp has put out some good products and the ease of maintenance and travel length adjustment felt well designed to add on for piece of kit.

What caught my attention was the ability to adjust the travel of the dropper by installing shims which are included. These shims allow up to 20 mm reduction in travel at 10mm steps. I wanted 170mm of travel, so I bought a 180 dropper, and installed on shim set to reduce the travel to 170mm. I also like how low the stack height is about the smallest out there. I can have the dropper fully inserted in the seat tube and be able to drop the seat even lower due to that low clearance of tap cap (stack). The upper bushing in the dropper also does a decent job of preventing that annoying wobbly seat.

In the realm of maintenance, I like that it can be serviced at home. From full rebuild to your typical maintenance, this dropper is simple to work on.

Raise the seat a few inches, unscrew cap, and extend the post further to remove bushing which gains access to the shims. The lower cartridge is removed with a box wrench. There are plenty of videos online detailing maintenance, and adjustment.

For actuation I went with a Wolf Tooth remote and a Jagwire dropper kit. These paired, seemed like a good fit for the One-Up dropper. The Wolf Tooth Dropper has a weak leak that is replaceable if you crash. This weak link will shear if you happen to bury a bar in the ground – replacement part; 5$ for the pivot bushing. These two components allow the One-Up to easily raise and lower with minimal effort. Work less, ride more.

Installation

Install was about a beer worth of difficulty. I mounted remote, snaked the cable housing through the frame, pushed the dropper down with the housing butted against dropper, and measured the housing (Make sure cable is not inside housing when you cut, or you will be buying a new cable, and another beer). Next I ran the cable into housing, and attached ball end of cable to dropper actuator, then fed the cable through to the dropper remote. Jagwire has some cool bits and pieces for cable ends and heat shrink to protect cable pinch point. Then…don’t forget to cut the excess cable off and put on an end cap…or you’ll be a Joey.

Final Thoughts

"So smooth. So steezy. So quick. Actuation is slick, stable, which gives more time to focus on line choice instead of how hard it is to push the remote, or how wobbly the seat is up hill. Plus, there are a few extra inches of drop due to the small stack height which slams the seat as far as you could go – almost feel like I’m riding a long, slack, Dirt Jumper. The seat still wiggles a bit, but I have come to realize that is part of most droppers. All around it was a good improvement" - Beau