Reviews
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 1 – notes on ordering, shipping and FAQ answer saying single-chainring only.
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 2 – The unboxing, initial configuration
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 3 – first ride on a 3×9 commuter, 9 sp chain
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 4 – trying 11 sp cassette and 12 sp chain, on the commuter
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 5 – noticing the EDS drives inward but returns by spring. Some big-chainring down-shift woes.
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 6 – initial battery use rate is very promising.
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 7 – first off-road ride on the hardtail (3×9). middle and granny ring shifting is perfect.
- Review: Wheel Top EDS OX Pt 8 – returning it to the commuter, seamless re-install / switchover
Other notes, observations, speculations
- My tinkerer nerve is tingling – After viewing a Berm Peak video, I was intrigued by the EDS OX
- Is the EDS OX electronic shifter now available? – May 8, 2023 the US facing website offered units for sale
- Wheel Top wireless shifter sold out – After one week the US facing website went to “sold out”.
- Wheel Top EDS OX Unavailability Update
- Wheel Top Variant – In which the three cage length variants are discussed, and the fixed-battery variant discovered
- Updates on Wheel Top Wireless Derailleurs – video from Eurobike 2023, shows the fixed battery variant, road group progress
- Wheel Top EDS OX Battery Update – summary of battery use after 2 months of commuter use.
- Weirdness with the Wheel Top EDS Ox Shifter – configuration woes adapting it to a different 3×9 bike. a derailleur freakout, reupdate of the firmware, fighting the gear position range checking.
- Video Review and Podcast on the Wheel Top EDS OX – more direct assertion from the China Cycling guy that the fixed-battery version is a direct result of SRAM patent protection over the removable battery.
- Wheel Top EDS OX Pricing Shenanigans at ezbike – the price is now $406 USD, down from the $453 USD of a month ago
- Wheeltop teases the road version of the EDS – The US-facing website put up new content and inactive order page for the EDS TX for dropbar bikes.
- The US facing Wheeltop site has gone live for sales of the dropbar EDS TX variant. This site appears to be the EU site and shipping to the US is not stated. Disappointingly, it is now priced at $705 for the cable version.
- Wheeltop EDS road and MTB cross compatibility update – A report from Taipei Cycle Show indicates they are compatible.
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