My absolute favorite part of that video is at 1:26, where he gives the dropout a whap with the heel of his hand as the final adjustment. Done.
One thing I learned from my previous production experience is, the more involvement, the better. While this might sound like I am pandering to my diminished but still strong control freak tendencies, it just pays to at least have some peripheral involvement in all of the processes. That is why big brands have production engineering staff on site at the factory. The minute you turn your head and think "it's pretty straightforward from here, they got this" is when something comically but critically stupid will happen and all of a sudden you have to take a hammer to the DT to get the suspension to move (true story about prior production).
this parallels my experience dealing with manufacturing in ASPAC. they can do some great stuff, but the more hands on / involved you are the better. there are times where communication needs to include simple things that may be obvious to us, but they won't do it unless explicitly directed.
I spent years working in automotive manufacturing for Honda. The same thing applies with MANY US and Canadian tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers. If it's not spelled out in clear and simple terms someone is going to find a way to screw it up.
This is pretty accurate....If somebody wants to know what i';m feeling, listen to Joel and Chris
While the delays might be enough to pique a petulant if passionate display of peevishness, or perhaps result in dander being raised beyond the level of annoyance, up to that of exasperation, displeasure, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation or even infuriation, I prefer to channel my anger and umbrage in more productive ways than indulging in a storm of temper, outrage, and acrimony, preferring to minimize my vexation and irritation at the situation.
Good day and a pleasant 'morrow to you sir.
but pictures of the link can be found. Just superimpose, throw in your standard +/- 20% parallax/off axis correction factor and......uh, .I mean, oh, your right. Never mind
Yes. The frames shown are size S (short). essentially, old school 16". Only 160 mm of insertion. Why do it this way? Any smaller and either thew saddle gets buzzed off or your dangly bits get....more dangly.
danglers gonna dangle
You're right, here it is
It's not only an issue of holding your manufacturers accountable but of bad forecasting. It's obvious there are going to be delays. Anyone who has ever ordered a bike knows there are always delays, even for big companies so small companies should take that into account. It's not surprising and I agree with Udi but that's because people want to be optimistic. It's the same reason we all have one friend who always gives super optimistic estimations on when he will meet you because it's what you want to hear and he will try to make it but will be late an hour
Well I waited around a year for my Legend.In Tantrum's defence, I haven't seen many other companies in the bike industry stick to their claimed timelines or delivery dates either. If there's one thing that is not fair to single him out for, it's definitely this. At least for two more weeks.
I hope it all works out in the end.
I just got notification that the frames have been shipped. They should arrive this week. I am prepping my powder coater to get them done and am amassing a big stack of parts to bolt on.....it's coming.
I think forecasting is one of the hardest aspects. I have difficulty forecasting my own work progress, much less others.
I'm starting to feel a little relieved. Not quite awesome yet. When the frames actually arrive, that will kick it up a notch.
The best way is to promise what you are shure off and leave margins for error everywhere. The less shure you are the bigger the margin should be.
