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I'll get there. I had a priority list of things to tackle once I changed teams and getting my suspension completely dialled was more important than Flight Attendant.

You cannot polish a turd.

Having poor frame alignment never them bothered before.........

Americans are funny, you can have the Nascar Freedom Jesus 500 sponsored by NRA , big pharma and like Busch light and people will say that this is acceptable and more than ok for kids/role models, while "porn" or weed (remember when JD Swanguen got a ban from racing due to having weed in his system?) are still seen as big bad evil and will corrupt the mind of your young teens.

If we're poking fun at SRAM marketing, make sure to pay attention for dropped articles in their new AXS press release, too. SRAM hates articles like "the" or "a" in front of their products names. "Lyrik has the most efficient... blah blah blah" or "Zeb is the stiffest... blah blah blah." If you or I talked like that people would think we're crazy. "I drink Coffee ® out of Mug ® that I put on Table ® while I sit in Chair ®."

I get what you're saying, but even Ford and Chevy refer to "the new F150" or "the new Silverado" in their marketing materials, which proves that no one in the world actually treats these model names as if they're real names for people. They're object identifiers. I'm not the Charlie, and the Loic Bruni didn't win senior men's world champs last year, but Loic did win on a Demo 8 with the Ohlins DH38.

I have this old Decline cover on the wall in my office. Minnaar with his signature Gamut chainguide....with the backplate and skid portion of our original G2 hidden behind it for real bash protection.

At least it looks good...

This is the customer SRAM is talking about when they say the DB8 is intended "for riders who prefer to set and forget." Not you or me. Having worked in a commuter shop, you can't imagine the levels of neglect the average commuter bike sees. Preemptively re-bleeding your brakes every year is not on the radar for most e-bike commuters. https://www.instagram.com/p/Capvcibsius/ I was looking for a better photo with a real commuter wearing the full head-to-toe yellow crab fishing rain gear and the full forehead gaper gap with their helmet hanging off the back of their head, but this...

Yeah you should see the Pinkbike comment section. A bunch of sad weirdos trying to defend the bike because its made by Transition and they dont wanna accept that their favourite brand screwed up.

Imagine getting excited about an ebike release, then its mediocre at best, then trying to convince yourself that its cool because the brand.

Imagine getting excited about the release of a new e-bike...