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EB15: Magura Syncs Up New Wireless Electronic Vyron Dropper Post

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We’ve been expecting a wireless dropper post for a while, but honestly we didn’t expect it to come from Magura. More than just vaporware, Magura is ramping up production of the new post and expects it to deliver by this fall. Even though it is the company’s first dropper post, Magura is swinging for the fences with the fully wireless, electronic controlled Vyron.

Because Magura had already done most of the legwork for the wireless transmission with their eLect lock out system for their forks and rear shocks, creating a wireless dropper post was a natural extension of the technology. In fact, the Vyron uses the same wireless remote as the eLect suspension allowing you to use one or the other – or both.

Checking in with a competitive weight and price, the Magura Vyron just may provide some serious competition to the other droppers out there…

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Other than the small electronic pod located behind the seatpost head, the Vyron looks similar to most other dropper posts with an air valve at the base for the return spring and hydraulic internals to control the saddle height. Using a piezoelectric valve like that used in their eLect suspension, the dropper post controls the up and down by shutting off the flow of oil. When the valve is open it allows you to push the saddle down, at which point the valve closes locking in the post height. Pressing the button on the remote again without the saddle weighted allows the post to return to its full 150 mm travel height.

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On the ANT+ wireless remote, the upper and lower buttons are set to control the fork and rear shock, while the single middle button will be used for the dropper post. The remote can be mounted on the left or the right side of the bar which will help improve ergonomics, but we can’t help but wonder if an additional dropper switch that would be more accessible might be in the works.

The dropper post itself is rechargeable with a micro USB that is found under the seal on the back of the post. Magura told us the post had a working life of 40 hours, but did not have an answer to how many cycles before the battery would be depleted. However, the post does have a sleep function like the eLect suspension which should allow the battery to last for quite a while. When the battery does run out, it can be recharged in three hours time. There is also a manual on/off switch by the micro USB port on the seatpost itself. For the remote, it uses a non-rechargeable CR2032 coin cell battery. Both the seatpost and the remote include red LEDs to warn you of low battery life.

To us, it seems one of the best features of the wireless design is the ability to easily remove the post for travel or the ability to quickly switch it between multiple bikes.

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With expected availability this fall, the Vyron will be sold in 30.9 and 31.6mm diameters but only in 150 mm travel with a zero offset head. Claimed weight is just under 600g, and the post will sell for 400€ (~$456) for the post and a remote.

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TheFunkyMonkey
TheFunkyMonkey
8 years ago

Like the concept but that remote looks like a complete afterthought especially when seen on an actual bar.

My favorite comment from another site: “Do you want to come for a ride? Sorry I can’t, my dropper post got a virus and my rear shock is out of battery…” Classic.

JMH
JMH
8 years ago

It’s definitely begging for a dead-simple one-button remote roughly the size of a Jostens Class Ring. I LOVE the hoseless (is that a word?) post (Non Hosed Postway?) but don’t really need the Star Trek communicator badge to operate components I don’t own. I will likely try this esp if there is a small remote coming.

Adventurebybike.be
8 years ago

Love it. Magura is a big innovator

AlanM
AlanM
8 years ago

I honestly thought that the remote said “Eject” on it at first. I was sadly mistaken.

Ck
Ck
8 years ago

They need to offer a much more compact remote, kinda like the one Fox uses on their iCD suspension, for people who have no interest in combining this with their eLECT suspension.

Otherwise, I think this is a good step in the right direction. I really dislike all types of dropper cable/hose routing, internal, external, fixed, moving, whatever. It all has faults.

Ryan
Ryan
8 years ago

Hmph, interestin—$450+?! This is why I stick to being a purest (rigid SS).

hangtight
hangtight
8 years ago

First they combine forces with Rotor to bring out hydro brake/gear shifters and now this. Awesome. This is a new age of cycling. It’s amazing to think how rapidly bicycle tech has developed in the past couple of years. We may be paying crazy amounts for our components, frames and cycle garments but all this money gives firms a real incentive to innovate and we’re benefiting from this. So much choice these days.

Colin M
Colin M
8 years ago

I’m not even remotely interested in a wireless dropper post.

(see what I did there?)

No but really I don’t care for piezoelectric valve tech on a bike.

Riley
Riley
8 years ago

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CJ
CJ
8 years ago

Interesting innovation. I think the 40 hours is a real limiter. It is too much to keep track of, verses Di2 that lasts for months. At some point getting Di2, Fox suspension and your dropper post all conected could make a lot of sense. Then use one more powerful battery to run the whole thing.

gibbon
gibbon
8 years ago

With their unparalleled reliability in suspension I have no qualms jumping feet first into a 1st generation product with questionable after sales support.

Padrote
Padrote
8 years ago

“No but really I don’t care for piezoelectric valve tech on a bike.”

seriously? who cares what kind of “tech” it has in it if it works.

Colin M
Colin M
8 years ago

@Padrote see @gibbon’s post. Some of us are smart enough to not be early adopters.

JBikes
JBikes
8 years ago

Nice.
I, for one, am avoiding anything electronic on my bike sans computer/lights. And at that, kudos to Magura-Rotor alliance for the new hydro groupset.

The Boss
The Boss
8 years ago

This is really cool. Once suspension technology irons itself out I will start to think about upgrading from my rigid bike. As for an electronic dropper post, my Hite-Rite hasn’t broken yet, when it does it will be time for a dropper post. Does anyone make a 25.4mm size?

Seriously though, I hate cables. Anything that eliminates cables has my interest. That’s why I reckon the worst bike in the world would be a Scott with a Rohloff conversion and a dropper post. Imagine that! Two cables for suspension lockout, 1 for the post, two for the hub, 2 for the brakes and 1 for the front derailleur (yes lets run a front der as well to get the full 42 gears). That’s 8 cables in total! And maybe let’s hang a spare or two off the frame in case a cable breaks. The insanity of it all…

Pablo
Pablo
8 years ago

How about a simple on/off switch on the post to save battery life?

40 hours is great, but I’ll only be riding 3-4 of those 40 hours. The rest will be wasted on the wireless interface listening for commands.

Cryogenii
Cryogenii
8 years ago

Quite interested, but my bike has a real tall seat mast despite a deeply dipped top tube so I currently have a 100 mm dropper and can’t fit anything longer. So shorter options or a means of dropping the travel would be good.

Padrote
Padrote
8 years ago

doesn’t take a genius to predict a dropper post to be unreliable.

Sevo
Sevo
8 years ago

Magura has been producing reliable hydraulics longer than Rock Shox, Shimano, SRAM, Fox, and throw in any one else….combined. Also the only brake I’ve used that you can install and forget. Magura is a shining star that just doesn’t have the dollars to market. But in the meantime they make parts for BMW motorcycles and other leaders.

This seatpost….it’ll work just fine. Can’t wait.

rupert3k
rupert3k
8 years ago

How come the unsightly wifi module isn’t housed inside the seatpost?
Do that and drop 100g and we’ll talk.

Velaro
Velaro
8 years ago

lets hope the bike industry will develop some sort of a bus system with an open protocol like the CAN bus in cars for the electronic devices that are coming up so I can hook up components from different manufacturers and do not have worry about compatibility or carry different batteries or control units on my bike. Otherwise it will be one big mess.

xc-fr
xc-fr
8 years ago

like the idea to have it.
my bike 2017:
magura vyron III = 1 battery
magura elec shock & fork = 3 batteries
sram xx1 wireless = 3 batteries
pedal powermeter = 2 batteries
bike computer = 1 battery
———————————————–
just …………………. 10 batteries
.
& all of them with different life span.

what happened when i ride next to a cheap chinese jamming transmitter ?
😉

Darryl
Darryl
8 years ago

You guys will love the patent on electo fluid suspension that DT has then.

me
me
8 years ago

As long as someone comes up with a light, durable, slick dynamo solution to charge all those batteries on ‘xc-fr’ bike in 2017….I can perhaps turn my head to electronics. At this point….really really happy with my ‘cheap’, elegant and light bikes with cable actuation systems.

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