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FOUND: Yep Components Uptimizer Swiss-Made Dropper Seatpost

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Dropper seatposts will change the way you ride, so most who already have them consider it to be one of the best upgrades you can do to your bike to improve your riding. Swiss company Yep Components agrees, and their new Uptimizer dropper seatpost is the only product they offer. There are two models, the HC with internal cable routing, and the ST with external cable routing.

In typical Swiss fashion, Yep Components uses components they say are the best around, such as Motorex fluids and Igus bushings.  They’re CNC machined and assembled in Switzerland, and they use less air pressure than other dropper seatposts on the market, which they say allows for longer service life of the parts.

Yep_Components_Uptimizer_STThe lever design allows actuation in many directions, and the clamp is a unique split design that appears to allow for easy mounting without changing other controls. Similar to the levers included with the first generation Crank Brothers Joplin dropper posts, it pulls a small amount of cable when moved in any direction. Yep Components says this, combined with the split clamp allows easy installation and placement for this crucial part of the system.

The retail price is €345 for the HC, or close to $435 at today’s exchange rates. Being more than a Rockshox Reverb Stealth, but less than a Thomson Elite Covert Dropper, it is decently priced for a high-end dropper seatpost, especially when you consider the features and construction.  Available in 30.9mm and 31.6mm diameters, 125 or 155mm of travel, and with different color accent kits, it checks the main boxes as a possible contender in this rapidly increasing market.

The Uptimizer is available now, and only direct from the Yep Components website.

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Ploutre
Ploutre
9 years ago

Have been riding one for a few months, so far so good !

One issue though, the remote is crap. The remote lever itself is fine, works as I want it once you tweak the cable tension, but the way it’s fixed to the handlebars is just crap. Unless you torque the bolt to ceiling torque values, it will rotate depending how you use the remote.

Someone modified his remote (using the remote from a Maverick Speedball) and I will try to source the same lever (basically the same system, but with a clamp that clamps around the handlebars, not “pinch” it)

But trouble free, super smooth, 155mm of travel, good looking and made in Switzerland.

R0b0tAt0ms
R0b0tAt0ms
9 years ago

The clamp on the remote lever is baffling. Is the remote fragile enough to warrant a clamp that cannot hold it in place firmly? very odd…

Ploutre
Ploutre
9 years ago

Just had an answer from YEP, the clamp is going to be changed next year, and they recommend putting some electric tape around the handlebar to help with that.

As I’m running a Renthal Fatbar Carbon, I let it pretty loose so far, but I’ll most likely get a different clamp soon 🙂

Roy
Roy
9 years ago

Does this post allow for custom extension adjustments. Say I bought a 155 and find I ‘overbought’ length by a bit, now I cannot return it cause it is installed and, hose cut, clamp lines on post etc. Here is the $500 question, can I put a travel reducer in like a suspension fork to tune the extended length to my leg length, shoes and seat requirements? This seems to me to be a super important feature, and only the Kronolog had it that I know of, but uhhhh, we all know about the other issues with that post.

Ploutre
Ploutre
9 years ago

Ask them directly, they are pretty fast to answer emails. But no idea if that’s possible.

jeffreysBarton
jeffreysBarton
9 years ago

Its really cool your post is out of the way when you do not need to seat down.

maros
maros
9 years ago

need 27.2mm tube diameter 🙁

groghunter
groghunter
9 years ago

a couple companies have come out with parts that don’t use a full 360 degree clamp in the last few months… not sure what their testing environment is, that they don’t see the obvious flaws in that design.

Modded an XT lever for my DOSS. Really like it, though I wish it pulled just a LITTLE bit more cable. It rules having only two clamps on the bar, looks super clean. I may try to mod it for that little extra cable.

I wonder if companies could make levers that directly interface with i-spec & matchmaker. people make adapters to convert between the two, so I don’t think there’s a problem WRT SRAM or Shimano throwing a fit.

DavidS
DavidS
9 years ago

Carbon assembly paste works fine for this, just pop some inside the clamp befor it clicks over the bar, works fine for me! It will still move in a crash, but fine for actual use and that’s on a carbon bar.

Where the cable enters the joystick needs a bit of extra support, but otherwise works rather well, and the joystick actuator is nice and small and eay to use. No other issues and have 6months of use on my’n.

Martin
9 years ago

We have all our rental bikes equipped with the HC model. Apart from the very smooth change of the hight and the 155mm of travel, we actually do like the cable pull actuation. We’ve had so many reverbs break this year and being out in the mountains this is terrible with an oil-cable. However, with the cable actuation, you can always fix it and get going again.

Lukasz
Lukasz
9 years ago

over 6 months of use in muddy wet conditions and there’s no side to side play.
had 2 reverbs before and at this stage they’d be rattling.
I’ve managed to deal with the remote issue with 3 layers of electrical tape.
The manufacturer listens to their customers and is going to redesign it so happy days.

Pan-Bagnat
Pan-Bagnat
9 years ago

Got it from March 2014 with internal cable, 155 mm drop. Works pretty fine, no problems yet. I just take off dust and spay some silicon oil a few times. Guys from Yep are really availables if you have any question.

BikeBert
9 years ago

More comprehensive review here:
http://goo.gl/wK9vpW

jeffreysBarton
jeffreysBarton
9 years ago

very cool

BikeBert
9 years ago

I have been riding the Uptimizer ST seatpost for almost half a year and it works like the first day I got it! I have not encountered any [!] difficulties during this time. Maybe 6 months may seem like a short period but when I think about my Kind Shock seatposts that failed after a few days and weeks, the six-month of trouble-free use seems to be a big success taking into consideration the failure rate of the seatpost from other manufacturers, even Thomson did not avoid the initial mishaps.

Seatpost has not developed any more play from that present on day one. I have not experienced any problems with the so-called “seatpost pump” that I did with my previous Kind Shock posts.This is definitely the best seatpost I have ever ridden and I tried many of them: Kind Shock [all models], Rock Shox Reverb, Fox DOSS, Blacx Jewel, X Fusion Hilo, Crank Brothers Joplin, Gravity Dropper. I think that Yep Uptimizer is the Holy Grail of dropper posts!

This opinion comes from a man who is very fussy and meticulous about the quality and durability [google my nick name].

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