Shifter dropper remote hack

[DMan]

Can someone find me the link please? I want to make a remote out of a shifter...

 

[stirk]

https://m.vitalmtb.com/videos/featu...ropper-Post-Switches,27931/Arts-Cyclery,27344

 

[moorey]

I just googled one for XT.

 

[moorey]

Here’s one.
https://m.vitalmtb.com/features/How...per-Post-to-Shimano-or-SRAM-Front-Shifter,839

 

[mas2]

I just posted it last night in this thread here: https://www.rotorburn.com/forums/index.php?threads/adjustable-seat-posts.222961/page-46
This is for the XT shifter but there is also one for Sram womewhere.
Feels fantastic so far on the bike and saved $85 from the wolftooth.

 

[DMan]

Perfect. That's what I was looking for. Thanks peeps

 

[hifiandmtb]

Sucks that this won’t work for posts with the cable bolt attachment at the shifter end.

There’s a Fox Transfer for sale on here I’d have jumped on but it doesn’t come with a remote. And the Fox remote is $115 fucking dollars!


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[Zaf]

Sucks that this won’t work for posts with the cable bolt attachment at the shifter end.

There’s a Fox Transfer for sale on here I’d have jumped on but it doesn’t come with a remote. And the Fox remote is $115 fucking dollars!

Lifehack: you can acquire a high quality, thumbshifter style of dropper remote with the fast application of a T25 Torx/4mm allen wrench and a solid pair of sidecutters. Total time: 30seconds

Cost: Tools involved, and possibly a fine/general bruising or 6months community service depending on how good a mechanic you are.

 

[mas2]

Sucks that this won’t work for posts with the cable bolt attachment at the shifter end.

There’s a Fox Transfer for sale on here I’d have jumped on but it doesn’t come with a remote. And the Fox remote is $115 fucking dollars!

I was just thinking about this and it is possible. All you need to do is crimp the cable in place while the shifter is disassembled. Do up the 4 screws on the shifter cover and then attach to bars.

 

[blacksp20]

There are ends available that have a grub screw in them to stop the cable slipping. Normally this end goes in the dropper and the normal end in the shifter.
Madstace used one on a Giant contact dropper with a SRAM shifter I believe.

 

[c3024446]

The stock fox lever is a flimsy POS. If you can’t fudge one out of an old shifter, the wolf tooth one is so so sweet.


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[beeb]

...the wolf tooth one is so so sweet.

+1.

And being able to set the cable at the lever end makes installation a lot less fiddly IMO.