Not much has yet been revealed about the Kind Shock telescopic seatpost. The functions will be the same as those of the seatposts already available from Kind Shock. The valves are actuated via a piezoelectric motor. The connection to the remote control on the handlebars is via the NFC system. This is mainly used for data exchange between tablets and cell phones. The best known is certainly the cashless payment service via smartphone.

The elect system from Magura not only allows wireless adjustment of the suspension characteristics, but also automatically adapts to the ground. With the remote control attached to the handlebars, both the shock and suspension fork can be switched to manual mode or changes can be made independently. The 3 components remain connected to each other at all times via the ANT+ mode. The system has already proven itself many times over, for example on the Garmin components.

Sram's wireless electric shifting system is also not yet ready for the market. Spotted on individual racing bikes at a Pro Tour event in Australia at the beginning of the year, the first pictures have now emerged. The three main components - shifter, front derailleur and rear derailleur - are each powered by their own battery. The system communicates with each other via a kind of WLAN connection. This ensures a transmission range of around 50 meters, which means that maintenance and reprogramming can also be carried out wirelessly without any problems. Whether and when the planned switching unit will be adapted to mountain bikes is unfortunately not yet known.

There are many arguments in favor of wireless mounting of the various components. Certainly the aesthetic aspect, the laborious initial installation of the cables or the lower susceptibility to defects. On the other hand, the problem of different batteries will arise; a standardized system is not yet foreseeable. The risk of having to charge the batteries first before a bike tour will then be more annoying than the unesthetically routed cables on the bike.