>>1718829Evidently Spesh agreed with him way back then, as it took months to manufacture parts and get distribution sorted, which is why lots of people are mad, as they shouldn't have waited to issue the stop ride order.
>>1720184Merida owns 49% of Spesh, Mike Sinyard owns the rest.
>>1720469The headset has a steel compression ring that also serves as a guide for the cables, as the SL7 has an integrated cockpit. A severe impact could cause the compression ring to crack the carbon steerer. It's an enormously stupid design mistake because why the fuck would you put a steel ring with sharp edges around a carbon tube ever, but particularly on a part that bears massive loads and can easily maim or kill someone on failure? It should never have passed design review, but "engineering" in the bicycle industry is rock bottom shit.
The solution is to put a metal sleeve inside of the compression ring so that the steerer tube is protected, which is becoming common practice with carbon steerers. Of course using carbon for the steerer tube is retarded in its own right but marketing wants lower weights so here we are.
