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As in "I'd schnackseln them cheeks"?

My little experience with transmission and Eagle 90 is that I far and away prefer the way eagle 90 shifts, but I have a gripe with how they keep the derailleur from going into the spokes with no limit screws, that being that the cage contacts the largest cog on the cassette. It's a little thing, but why design it that way over just building a limiter into the parallelogram? Doest even need to be adjustable, just keep it from touching the cassette. I would still take SHIMANO mechanical over eagle 90 if I was custom building a bike, but...

Fastest shift in the west is still the ol' trusty 11 Speed XT. Double gear downshift, crispy leaver feel, textured lever and can bend it pretty hard before it starts to shift poorly (unlike eagle or shimano 12 speed, which does good but could be better). I find that Transmission is a 180 stright into oncoming traffic in terms of progress, between the narrow-wide cassette, ridiculously massive derailleur, absurd price tag, and last but not least... probably one of the worse mtb inventions of the past 20 years, the UDH. Before the invention of UDH's, hangers were a lot smaller...

Actually, it is most likely Frameworks paying Asa.. However, that money is coming from the team sponsors. Back it the day when I was working in the warehouse at Diamondback, I heard a story of one of the top team riders demanding that they change some of the team sponsors to products he wanted to ride.. The head of marketing told him, "Those team sponsors are responsible for 75% of your paycheck..."

Only J Melamed knows…

I really doubt Neko would feel comfortable paying him under market too. I think your theory of Neko getting everyone to pay up because of the opportunity at hand is correct.

Call me cynical but my guess is after some superb performances this season and a couple of elite World cups wins Asa will move to Specialized and FrameWorks will receive a huge fee to release him from his contract

Did you get those launch coordinates from a group chat you were recently added to?

Every time I start thinking about a USD fork, I look at where the scratches and dings are on my fork lowers and realize they would be a problem on an USD fork. They do look cool though.

I originally posted a longer comment here but deleted it it read too much like a blog post, and I figured most folks wouldn't be into it. Still, I stand by the analysis, so if anyone’s curious (or wants to subject themselves to it), you can read it here: https://jeffbrines.com/2025/04/17/why-did-revel-maybe-go-bankrupt/ For context: $8M at 8% interest is $640K annually. That’s a serious cost (even if its a "spike" in the debt due to inventory or other reasons)—especially if you're carrying ~30 employees spread across continents. Even assuming $2K in gross profit per bike (which they likely weren’t making), you’d need...