Wolf Tooth ReMote Sustain gives you cable actuated control over Rockshox Reverb

Jen,
Truth be told, we started work on a hydro lever long before RS introduced theirs because we had a lot of requests for a Reverb pushbutton replacement. But the more we spent time with our prototypes and talked to shop mechanics, the less that we could convince ourselves that a hudraulic line presented any realy benefits in this case. In theory a hydraulic system could be better with convoluted routing, but in practice the extra seals make the smoothness a wash, hydraulics’ performance can vary significantly from cold to hot days, hydraulics are sensitive to air pressure changes in flight or shipment, and cables’ ease of installation/maintenance is miles miles better.

At the end of the day we figured that most riders (or their mechanics) would rather lube a cable than bleed a remote. And no crappy cables here- we know that riders’ experience with the Sustain will be dictated in part by the cable quality, so spec’d a high-quality, polished stainless model.

Because it’s a small, delicate part in a vulnerable spot on the bars that needs to maintain a seal to work. The sheer number of broken Reverb remotes I’ve seen over the years can attest to how much of a weak spot it is. Short of snapping the bar clamp or the lever cable remotes are pretty survivable.

much better question is why RS uses a hydro line in the first place. None of the downsides of cables in shifters really apply, and it introduces new failure modes (Someone I was riding with crashed and tore the line out of his reverb, while it was down – we were in Africa, probably 1000 miles from any bike shop that would have a bleed kit. Not only did he not have a dropper, but his post was down with no way to raise it).

Bigger question is why buy a Reverb in the first place. Ok, you bought a bike that came with it…. Still for $100 to make it right, I’d rather sell the Reverb and get a better post like a Revive.