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whilst it's last. Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.

My name is Jeff and today Matt and I are going to be talking about

mountain bikes that are going wireless. So no, we're not talking about e-bikes.

We're talking about other stuff on mountain bikes that's going electronic.

You may remember we did a podcast about electronics

a while ago where we talked about all kinds of stuff like GPS and bike lights and things like that.

But today we're going to focus on some news, particularly around electronic drive trains and

dropper posts, and really talk about like how all these systems might potentially

integrate with each other and some of the pros and cons of doing that. So let's dive right in.

So the big announcement was the SRAM AXS system, which basically adds batteries and wireless

controllers to the drive train and also to their

dropper posts. And we're going to begin with the drive train. So, Matt, can you tell us a

little bit about like what an electronic wireless drive train is? Like, what does it actually do?

Yeah, it's kind of a big old wonder piece of technology now.

So I mean, everything that the drivetrain needs to function is still there, essentially, just minus the cables.

So you've got your derailer, chain, chain ring, shifter.

All those frames now calling it a controller rather than a shifter.

So now you can, I guess, think about having a remote controller on your handlebar instead of a shifter,

or you can just keep calling it a shifter. But essentially just takes away all the shifting cables

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