A few weeks ago at D2R2, the purported founder of SRAM[1] looked at my bike in disgust and said, "Huh."
He later tried to sell me on Eagle and electronic shifting while I replaced a snapped tubeless valve stem. I said I liked my stupid friction shifters and wide-range double, thank-you-very-much, and muttered about just riding the fucking fixed year next year…[2]
1. Not the founder. I think this was misheard. Maybe just some guy who reps SRAM?
2. Suffice to say, this would be an awful idea, as I couldn’t even finish the 180k due to back pain due to having insufficiently low gears and fitness and having tweaked my back the day before, hastily pulling an AC unit out of a window, because the cat had been sitting on the AC unit, but outside the fucking window. Stupid cats, god love 'em.