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Thanks for the kind words. Sincerely appreciated. I also wanted to thank everyone who has taken time to particpate in this thread. In a world full of internet dumpster fires, trolling, dunking and devolving online discussions, at minimum I've found the willingness of the collective to have a meaningful, fun, civil discussion to be worthwhile in and of itself, regardless of how right or wrong we all may be. I don't know much, but I know the more this happens, the better off it appears we all are. HNY everyone! Cheers and thanks!

Question for the collective: How well-known are the frame manufacturing companies in Asia? Is it relatively easy to link a manufacturing company to a specific frame brand, or is the process more opaque? I’d love to map this out if possible. Here’s an analogy from semiconductors to explain what I’m asking: Nvidia designs, engineers, and sells GPUs TSMC manufactures Nvidia’s chips ASML provides the machinery TSMC uses to produce those chips To be clear, I'm not concerned about who makes the tooling for bike frame manufacturers (e.g., the mill), but I’m curious if there are key suppliers to these frame...

I read it all. I read all of his posts. They're interesting, Jeff seems knowledgeable, and any insight into the machinations of that world are thought provoking. I have very little interest in or ability to take part in big money finance or business. But I'm curious. I like to understand why people do what they do, why things that seem obvious aren't obvious, and why things that seem complicated aren't so complicated. It's pretty telling that you took an opportunity to fire a dart at someone in an attempt to posture some self-assumed dominance over someone else when the...

Personally I'd say most of us subscribed to this thread do. If you find his posts too long winded then fair enough, don't read them, but for me Jeff brings great insight and knowledge to the thread, he's certainly given me a better understanding of the financial side of the bike world.

Good find! The income statement alone doesn’t tell the whole story, and we really need more context to piece together what went wrong. Unfortunately, some of the key financials I was itching to see are “sealed” in the full document. That said, there’s still plenty of useful information in the PDF—and yes, I did wear my Patagonia vest today. Profitability Rocky wasn’t particularly profitable even in 2022, and things fell apart in 2023 and beyond (as shown by net income, which doesn’t give the full picture but is telling). This is surprising, considering 2020–2022 were peak COVID years. For context...

EY just posted their monitor's report on Rocky Mountain. https://documentcentre.ey.com/api/Document/download?docId=41043&languag… The group is currently carrying a $68.7 million debt.

That's usually true for German (over) engineering. Source, I work for an Austrian company and do testing and evaluation.

What I see is a classic clash of US and DE business cultures.

I won't spill the tea, but ten minutes of Googling and following the breadcrumbs relating to "OG Bikeworks" yields some pretty intriguing stuff – interesting previous employers, patents, failed Kickstarters, etc. In any case, wireless dropper conversions seem like a good idea. I hope a dialed implementation of the concept comes to market.

I’m really of two minds on looking for who it could be. On the one hand, I want to know so that “justice” or “retribution” can be enacted, but on the other hand, I feel like doing the sleuthing to figure out who it was takes power away from Ares and that she should have the right to name the accused in her own time.

that's my red website username :D giving the credits where it's due

HALF!!

11000!!! Given away!!! That might make a little impact on the Euro used e-MTB market for a while, you think?

Some our local rippers / engineers came up with a very unique "axle-less" pedal. Machined here in Calgary, Alberta and testing in the rocky mountains. They use a big ol 6902 bearing for spinny duties. The pendulum (drop pedal) is super interesting. Void pedals (traditional flat) Pendulum pedals (12mm drop) "Our platform sits 12mm below the center of the axle. Most pedals place the platform 5mm or more above the center of the axle. This effectively lowers the rider's center of mass 17mm or more offering a significant stability, and control. During sudden decelerations, the pedal acts as a pendulum...

😂 You’ll never dampen Vital’s enthusiasm for banter