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What do you mean by "better?" XTR uses fancy patented Hyperglide+ shift ramps because it's designed to shift fast. Transmission uses shift gates because it's designed to shift smoother under high loads. I currently have bikes with both hanging on my wall, and I think they both do exactly what they claim to do. If I had to loan one of my personal bikes out to a ham-fisted body builder with big thighs and no idea how to shift, I'd loan him the Transmission bike.

Roadies are weird.

I know I’m in the minority here but I’d take a slightly cheap feeling shifter that feels like a shifter over one that feels like adjusting the volume on a cheap bluetooth speaker any day.

Just out of curiosity, why is it not so hot for you? Seems like most people have liked the Transmission 90 stuff, except for the shifter.

Loic, Finn and Jordan dynamics aside, it's still wild to me that a company the size of Specialized doesn't have an elite woman on the elite downhill team.

2x drive trains were horrible, end of story.

V-10 got four wins in a row last year and nobody said a thing.

Apologies if there is any redundancy in what I'm posting, I've fallen behind in my efforts to keep up with the discussions here. I've been up in Whistler for a bit during our annual escape here and bikeconomics is on my mind frequently. There is the cost associated with vacationing here, amplified by the costs of keeping a 16 year old rolling down the trails. My willingness to empty my wallet here just because I like Canada and Canadians. The relationship of tariffs to the cost of bike products. The overall sense of cost cutting visible at the resort itself...

Forgot Harriet also did some cyclocross world cups. So 4 different disciplines at WC level with only xc being the exception of racing in U23 and not elite

What JVP said. For me it's a compromise of grip and confidence inspiring on the downs vs hauling drag uphill It'd be pseudo science but if you had a power meter I'd be interested in a comparison of radial vs non-radial. Find a fairly uniform part of a climb trail and do some laps trying to keep the power constant. It wouldn't have to be super high power merely something you could achieve repeatedly. I recall pinkbike in the Levy days doing something similar for some of the field tests.

We all think radials roll slower because that's what Schawbe told us

All this drivetrain efficiency/Gearbox discussion is making me think about the joy I get from riding my singlespeed.