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Hey Snowcone! What up? Thanks for the reply. I was try'n to show my support, but I'm afraid it might have come across as a negative. No negativety! I think you'll like my other response below. Most people just don't understand how internal trans functions. Wanted to point out what to expect. You know what I mean. You own internal shift. & know how it functions. To the rest of the world, expectations of perfection, and the perfect shift. I. E. Perfect ride! It hasn't come to existence yet. Till then, learn how it functions first, then perfect yourself and...

I'm starting to think that either, some fool assembled the demo model you rode, or you rode the one that just got returned after all the employees from the rival shop from wherever, had put their finest test ride touches on it. Or you rode it at interbike, (if they were there?) where as, it's always a beat lemon by 9:30 am. IDK!! You got the lemon appeal.. Not one of these riders had a bad experience in owning this ride. You took a test ride. I think you bring a cloudy perspective to the table, and your determined to...

Here is a small bit of info for you.. No internal shifting mechanism is designed to be shifted under load. Neither internal or external! All derailleur company's will tell you, "do not shift under load". Lighten the load before shifting. It don't mean that external won't shift under, but they surely don't want you to. Explain to everyone how you can get a planetary gear to slide across the board and progressively expand its pattern to mesh with a larger or smaller diameter, having teeth that have to coinside with eachother while under load to function in any kind of...