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I should've clarified, this was with the RXF36 m.2, I have not tried the 38

This is a pretty big deal, thank you for managing that. As an anecdote, I bought an product/company name redacted this last year. Great product and I'm stoked with it. But I paid ~225usd for it and got a 75 dollar tarrif bill. Definitely takes the lustre off of it a bit. Not product/company name redacteds fault, they aren't the ones that @+_)#ed around and found out playing stupid tarrif games. Still though, the forethought of working this out for us consumers is greatly appreciated and obviously a huge factor to keeping the barrier to entry low.

I have one on my gravel bike which is setup with the ratio mod, it is not a good example of the mtb application for this derailleur as it has the gravel clutch and isn't being driven by a mtb shifter... There is a member of my riding crew, whose bike I end up servicing that has had some struggles with his. To be fair, his was one of the first run of derailleurs and we were chasing issues with pretty stiff shifting effort (he's using an x01 shifter). We also converted his to the bearing pivots, but in that...

Just checked out the full Madrone lineup. Damn, their stuff looks good! Full mix-and-match potential for maximum bike nerding. Cooking up ideas for the e-bike... 11 speed X0 cassette I have laying around, Madrone with the stiffener bracket and short cage. Mmmmm.

The Madrone Jab with whatever shifter you want solves that issue. I've been on all the latest drivetrains from SRAM and Shimano, and the Jab blows them all out of the water in pretty much every aspect - price being the only outlier there.

Downtime mentioned how widespread the breeden bar ends are becoming, with people like Bruni, Pierron and many many others using them. Owning a pair, having recovered from 2 broken hands (left then right) in 3 years, I've found they definitely live up to the hype and really helped with arm pump and security of my weak hands on the bars. The bar ends are a much more interesting innovation than I originally expected, because they significantly change the biomechanics of the upper-body while riding. Stopped by the Orbea pits this weekend and they've cut grips down (pretty sure it was...

Gotta be a different surface coating on standard aluminum, my wild speculation is WS2/tungsten disulphide based coating.

Looks like Formula is working on something new

The etiquette piece might be my single biggest grievance from the ebike crowd. I'm a big guy and climbing is not my strength, so I have PLENTY of experience with being passed on the uptrails by both regular and ebike riders. The ebike riders are exponentially worse at saying excuse me, on your left, or simply making some noise to let you know they're behind you. I've even seen groups of ebike riders talking and laughing about how fast they're cruising past other riders at the top of the climb. These aren't new riders. At the end of the day...