SDG Releases New Adjustable Dropper Lever
Press Release: SDG
When the Tellis dropper made its debut in 2018, there were plenty of skeptics. Rightfully so – how does a “Saddle” company produce a trustworthy dropper? The short answer was endless testing and continuous refinement – a core DNA trait that is passionately shared by our entire crew. Now, after 3+ years on the market and numerous positive reviews (6-month PB test by Mike Levy), the Tellis has proven to be a dependable workhorse – one that simply just works, drop after drop. But while the Tellis dropper evolved, with further enhancements in development, there was no question that we needed a premium lever to complement. So we did just that.
The Tellis is the dropper of choice for many riders and elite racers around the world, along with leading bikes brands spec'ing for OEM – Santa Cruz, YT, Devinci, Commencal, Cube, Norco, Guerilla Gravity, Orange, Radon, WAO and others.
The new Tellis Adjustable Lever offers an intelligent design for unparalleled adjustments and overall function, while still retaining one of the softest actuations in the game. It was a collective effort as our product team worked closely with engineering in Canada and Taiwan, key OE partners and our global test team after numerous samples and revisions. Dig into the details below and see how the Tellis Adjustable Lever will enhance your next ride, with a simple set it and forget it experience.
Ergonomic Adjustments
Many remote levers are limited to a single or dual, pre-set orientation. The new Tellis Adjustable lever offers 10mm of Lateral Slide directly at the mounting bracket, while also adding 22.5 degrees of Rotational Reach Adjustment which is simply controlled by the main assembly bolt. This allows you to find your perfect position, no matter your hand size or riding preference.
Many remote levers are limited to a single or dual, pre-set orientation. The new Tellis Adjustable lever offers 10mm of Lateral Slide directly at the mounting bracket, while also adding 22.5 degrees of Rotational Reach Adjustment which is simply controlled by the main assembly bolt. This allows you to find your perfect position, no matter your hand size or riding preference.
Modular Clamp Design
We all want a cleaner cockpit, so we enhanced the original version by making the new Lever directly compatible with SRAM MatchMaker X™ and Shimano I-Spec EV™, along with a 22.2mm bar mount option. These adapters are also sold separately, while additional brake mount assemblies are also in the works.
Enhanced Actuation
Ball bearings look and sound great, yet they are generally best used to support spinning shafts, not short throw movements. The Tellis Adjustable Lever is constructed with a proven double bushing design. This provides substantially less drag than the old ball bearing and allows the lever to be more compact, lighter, and more economical than most aftermarket options on the market.
Ball bearings look and sound great, yet they are generally best used to support spinning shafts, not short throw movements. The Tellis Adjustable Lever is constructed with a proven double bushing design. This provides substantially less drag than the old ball bearing and allows the lever to be more compact, lighter, and more economical than most aftermarket options on the market.
Washer & Bolt Cable Clamp
The cable is now secured and enhanced with a bolt and washer for added security. This helps avoid damage imposed by simple grub screw designs.
The cable is now secured and enhanced with a bolt and washer for added security. This helps avoid damage imposed by simple grub screw designs.
Recessed & Machined Traction Paddle
Comfort and traction are essential for any dropper lever. With the recessed thumb pocket, concave paddle shape, added knurling and the same soft actuation as the original Lever, the new Tellis Adjustable offers a premium feel and function.
Comfort and traction are essential for any dropper lever. With the recessed thumb pocket, concave paddle shape, added knurling and the same soft actuation as the original Lever, the new Tellis Adjustable offers a premium feel and function.
 | Been running the Tellis dropper from the beginning and loving it. I like things simple and the new Lever is good for me because it always works, and it works smooth. |
| The added adjustments are awesome for tricks. It’s great to have the compact lever out of the way when needed, but always there for a climb. |
| The Tellis Adjustable remote ticks all of the boxes. It’s super adjustable, takes up minimal space on my bars and has the lightest action I’ve ever felt in a dropper remote. I can’t ask for more. |
Love it or Hate it
For a limited time, the Lever is offered in the Fuel PVD finish, which will match any of your Oil Slick components or the Bel-Air V3 Fuel Edition saddle.
For a limited time, the Lever is offered in the Fuel PVD finish, which will match any of your Oil Slick components or the Bel-Air V3 Fuel Edition saddle.
The SDG Tellis Adjustable Lever is now available worldwide, starting at $49.99 US MSRP. To learn more about the Tellis Dropper and the new Adjustable Lever, please visit sdgcomponenents.com or follow us on Instagram: @SDGCOMPONENTS.
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Looking forward to the Pemberton stuff.
I'd be pissed off if I was paying for this.
Just a crazy thought- find a bolt position u can adjust without scratching the post?
I’m a huge fan of SDG , can not fault the Tellis or the Bel air 3 it’s attached to. This is a no brainer. If it’s raved about by top athletes, then my needs are surely within reach
Sorry I’ll just
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Carrying on
Contract with someone who can make a reliable dropper.
Almost no bike brand manufactures anything. These companies claiming they “make” products is disingenuous at best. They might do some design work (often they even leave that to their manufacturing partners). Otherwise, all they do is market and distribute product.
Every single saddle we make we have designed and tooled the bases, foam design and covers. We partner with the best manufacturing partners to work with to have them manufacture the designs we have made.
The Tellis post does use many off the shelf elements where it made sense to make it easier from an end user servicing perspective, but we still tooled many of our own components of the post to improve on it where it made sense.
It certainly would be easier to not have to engineer, design, sample & test a new product a multitude of times before launching it, but we like to ensure the product we launch is something we can be completely proud of and not something just rebranded and sold like you're saying we do.
Regarding the PTFE keyways, we did try brass keyways but you can’t keep the same tolerance so you ended up with too much side to side play out of the box. We like the PTFE keyways as they’re tight tolerances so you get minimal play, but when they do strip out, they’re super cheap to replace and replacing them takes all of 5 minutes without even removing the post from the bike.
If you’re not paying attention to dealers and customer feed back, you’re looking at the wrong data.
Recently got a 210mm Oneup dropper to not have to drop my post 3-4'' when riding park and have had nothing but issues: 1st one had about 3mm left to right play (rattled like crazy) so Oneup sent a set of pins to drop into the keyways to stop that - but couldn't even get inside it to replace because the locking screw at the top spun the whole air-cartridge. Oneup then sent a replacement but the new one has 2mm side to side play & similar rattle, and an angled actuator (not in line w/ the seat) - so that now hits my downtube bend meaning I can't put the dropper all the way down. STILL have to open it up and drop the pins in, which is another 1-2 hr surgery (since I don't know this dropper takedown process fully).
Chalking these up to flukes but to drop $230 on a new 210 dropper only to still have insane issues - twice - is not a great Welcome to Oneup. Point being - sometimes products can just suck.
I'm on the lookout for a blingy lever right now, but if it can't match or beat Wolftooth I can't go with yours.
- they say the Tellis is lighter action, more adjustable, more compact and less expensive than Wolftooth or PNW.
Up to you to decide if that's true.