As someone who works designing things, I don't understand how these large, well developed companies keep coming up with products that have what I consider fatal design flaws and which lead such short lives. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems a knurled surface transits across a seal face on this post... and in addition to that the knurled surface is susceptible to wear during normal operation? It must be the price point. A good dropper seat would cost 600 dollars and last 3 years, when you'd throw it out and go again, or send it off for a rebuild of the guts and replacement of the seals and seal surfaces. Instead you pay 300 bucks and get less than a year out of it. Economy!

I noticed the same thing, it's not just you. Tip obviously feels self conscious about what had to be a really rough time in his life. I'm old as hell but I'd also doff the shades while chatting with a friend.

Progress? Until all of those knobs and switches do it for me I'll be sticking to my old Mt. Vision.

I tried the 8 hour feeding window thing... Didn't work for me. Fuzzy brain, starving. I like to eat. Here's how I get by: I am old and my body wants/needs to get fat. If I want to lean out a bit I might fast 1 or 2 days a week, 24-30 hours at a time depending on when I get my meals on either end. If I'm eating a lot and training hard, I hardly even notice. Then back to eating lots and riding a lot on the other side. It was the only way I could get really lean last year. 6'2" 185 or so. Now i'm post shoulder surgery and I've ballooned up to over 200 pounds. Hehehe.