My Wireless Seatpost has a big problem... Let's hack it!

I love my Rockshox Reverb AXS dropper post. It’s solid, works quickly, looks good, and is operated wirelessly. I’m unwilling to use another dropper post, especially one with a cable release, but it’s starting to look like a good idea. The battery in the back of the Reverb hits into my tire when the rear suspension compresses all the way. Today, we’ll seek a solution for this issue.

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[kylemanning]

The escalation from calm to hacksaw was faster than I expected

[luketschimpke]

The part where you said “I know you don’t feel bad” and “the six of you that have this problem as well” were golden dude

[hydra]

For a $800 accessory, that's a major design flaw. Hopefully the manufacturers are taking note

[dannym]

Seth is literally me working on a bike I mess one thing up and then a next until the part is broken. But Seth is also a great bike mechanic.

[leo]

Only Seth would mess with a $800 dropper post😂 Your content is great Seth, keep it up!

[CommieHunter]

This is amazing. "The 6 of you" joke was perfectly delivered, but I also love seeing the reverse engineering that went into this.

[mishmasta]

If there was ever a project to justify adding a 3D printer to your "tool box", I think this was it.

[tri-seeker]

Combine both of your solutions - turn seatpost around AND use that adaptor - in that way you can't hit it with tire AND you can still make bigger family 🙂

[slide_drexler]

I think Rockshox should pay Seth for giving them an idea to make their wireless dropper post better.

[juansanchez-trdq]

Seth, SRAM should send you a check for doing their R&D, or at minimum, a new post, free of charge, when they inevitably take inspiration from what you just did!

[cristianmatus]

love seeing these kind of videos where you apply non-bike knowledge to problems like this one,
greetings from chile!

[johnjohannesjuan]

That was intense, the emotional involvement. I feel you, stuff like that has happened to me a lot. Thanks for showing us that hacks can go wrong, and may end up frustrating you. That's part of tinkering with stuff, but usually failure means learning. Maybe you'll wake up one morning with a perfect solution for this. Then, the feeling of accomplishment will be even greater than the current frustration.

[silkloamproject]

This is the first time someone has been truthful with a axs dropper. Everyone else, it's perfect just perfect. Thank you Seth. One-up components for the win. Stick with the basics

[JonathanFisherS]

I approve of the remote battery hack! I know Seth ended up just hacking off the seat post, but for anyone else: make sure the battery has some Armor against meteorites flying off the rear tire. If you pierce a flat battery pack they do tend to shoot flames.

[maximjurakovskii]

6 years ago he had a basic hard-tail and he didn't want more. Look at him now😁

[JasonMHoyt]

I just bought my first mountain bike (I'm 48 in my teen years in the late 80s early 90s i raced BMX poorly but raced) i haven't regularly ridden in 20 plus years. I bought an e-bike only 500w but it gets me up and down the Smoky mountains (I'm your neighbor near Gatlinburg TN) I spent $839.48 for my ebike I can't fathom spending $800 on a seat!!! I can't wait to look back a few years from now and see if my attitude about that changes! Lol awesome job man!!! I have already learned and relearned so much watching your channels, you ROCK MAN!!! Thank you!!

[Pwndbythnb]

I feel like the biking industry is the only industry that tries to justify a 4x mark up on a part because it's wireless.

[Anonymous]

So, I'm someone who is fresh to the mountain biking community. It's cool as hell to see the accessories you can get for a bike now of days. You can honestly build awesome little machines out of them these days. That bike Seth has setup is a piece of machinery in itself, I love watching his videos and learning something new every time. He made me a master of fixing my Walmart bikes for my nieces and Nephews lol

[_yesfish_]

Am I the only one hear who doesn't mountain bike.... but watches everyday video. This man is an enabler to me when I do DIY projects. Love ya Seth 🤙🏽

[kdogjcgdad]

This is why I started watching Seth's bike hacks back in the day I love this type of content