Update on my wheeltop experience: Initial setup was a bit tricky and I need to fizzle around to get it shifting smoothly, but in the end it worked well (on a shimano XT 11-46 cassette).

I was running it for ~350km mixed terrain on my hardtail, no really heavy or muddy conditions, no races. Some weeks ago after winter I cleaned my bike (no high pressure, just normal water in the garden). After some days I wanted to ride and the rear derailleur was just dead. Tried to charge for some hours but nothing changed.

Contacted wheeltop and after them sending some videos, they confirmed that the battery of the derailleur is dead and they will send me a new derailleur (after sending the old one back).

Main reason for me to choose wheeltop was, that I wanted to use my old 11spd stuff and don't need to invest in new freehub body, cassette and chain until it is end of life. But my overall experience is mixed as the setup was not really easy and on the first occasion it just died. Also the charging was annoying to me (I know, it is not their fault, SRAM patent).

In the meantime I got a used XX1 AXS groupset for a good price and will change to SRAM (I already run a SRAM XX1 AXS on a different bike and I like to be compatible to change spare parts when something breaks).

Hi,

Do you know, how to enter the manual trim mode on the MTB paddle?

I accidentially startet the "initial setup" while my derailleur was on the second gear and now it is stucked there. I read, that I need to move it down all the way by "manual trimming with the paddle".

Additionally: Has anybody experience with setting up the MTB derailleur with a XT 11-46 cassette? Mine does not shift from the 37 to the 46 cog.

Thanks
Wolfgang