Shimano

You know, they were just getting started, so probably better than other startup companies.

We've been through this a few times with newer motor manufacturers from the first release of the Shimano motor and Fazua and other things like that.

Any of these companies are technology companies that are pushing hard at the beginning of their development.

yeah maybe service maybe systems maybe everything else at the beginning of our discussions weren't weren't quite in place and honestly we could have gotten a a bike with that um first generation motor to to market a lot quicker with the time that we we had put into it and the fact that it did really almost fit into a chassis we already had going And it could have been more of a plug and play, let's get this to market and be one of the first non-Amflo bikes out there.

We've got the final end of our Stance 25 athletes joining us.

But of course, we are counting down to seeing the first of our Shimano Waka 100 athletes crossing the finish line in this 20th anniversary of the event.

So, so

good.

Yeah, absolutely.

So yeah, so we're really looking forward to welcoming the first of our athletes home in those longer distances.

Of course, the Shimano Waka 100 and the National Championship titles up for grabs too in that marathon distance.

And then, of course, we then will be welcoming home the giant mylar athletes as well, which you saw off this morning bright and early.

When a road bike with a front derailleur, and actually in the back of the day, mountain bikes...

They would come out of the box brand new at the bike shop, and they'd have, the ones with Shimano would have this little orange sticker on the front derailleur.

And it was there to show the gap between the front derailleur and the top of the chainrings.

This is a setup guide from Shimano.

This always, always should have been removed by bike shops and it seemingly never was.

So I will have customers come in for a tune-up and their bike could be 20 years old and they still have this sticker on there.

Yeah, it does start to add up for a bike shop.

And they have to be sensitive to their body, bottom line.

I was ready to start the marathon with her.

Because there's this Shimano person who was on a little scooter that I thought was Lucy the whole time.

So every time I'd look back, the Shimano guy was still there.

And so I thought Lucy was still there.

So I know early in the run, there was a lot going on.

Speaking of cranks, I did something crazy, you guys.

I tried Shimano pedals.

For the first time.

Because you're a Crankbrothers guy.

Oh yeah.

And it's got this thing like a mounts underneath your cleat and it's meant to give more surface area between like your shoe and your pedal.

Because that's one of the things that kind of I personally find with the Shimano stuff, which I still run, but it just kind of feels like skatey at times.

And you're only standing on like metal to metal contact and you can kind of dance around on it.

And I'm working my way to my juice here.

I talked about Shimano earlier.

Now, if I'm fishing that glide bait and it's a smaller profile of bait fish that they're chasing, this is another Shimano bait.

It's called the Facer.

And it's a three-jointed bait, if that's the way you say it.

And again, Shimano's coming on strong.

Is that the one that – no, I'm sorry.

I bought one of those tonight.

How does that work out?

Yeah, so, I mean, we offer everything across Shimano, SRAM, and into Campy.

You know, obviously the last one is kind of like a fit for that Italian brand.

you know, die hard.

But a lot of what we sell is SRAM.

You know, we offer, you know, great Shimano packages.

Our product manager is kind of like a character in and of himself.

Claudio, like, has built these things and seen them.

At a different one of those camps...

Alex Dowsett was teasing me in a fun way, like it was all just jokes, when he realized I had a Shimano rear brake and a SRAM front brake, and I laughed along with everyone because I wanted them to move on so they wouldn't look closer and noticed there was a rubber band around the front brake to make it work since the return spring had broken, and when I got the bike it was a used one from the team I could borrow and it came with that rubber band on it already, like Jasper had this bike the year before and so he jerry-rigged the rubber band.

Dude, that's how hard it is and it's like that for so many guys.

I'm not unique and there's not that many spots available.