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This is perfect. Your timeline is very similar to many other ex-leg shaving, racing, LSD riding, coffee shop living, racers. 20 years to go from wanting to be at the front of the pack, to learning why you even started this thing called Mountain Biking in the first place. What a ride it's been. 
Stoked you are finding the roots of your joy once again!

This is a really pressing issue. One could say a tighter response time would be more fitting and bearing the tolerance of all the people on here, we would hope you could insert something nice.

What the Fork is happening here?

We will be having a colouring contest at the shop with this one! Cheers for this. Cy, the payment link is not letting me pay for your work. Can you help?

Well done, fellas! I love seeing the bike out in the wild and following your progress. Keep it pinned; we need more of us here in BC building these things. Chapeau

The Unions are excellent, and the Convergence takes all of the good things and makes them that much better. The Convergence has a very audible difference when riding the Revolution rims. It has been described as damping, less stiff, more forgiving but not in a bad way, etc.
The ride feel is superb, the lateral stiffness is increased, and the impact increase is done in-house in a controlled environment with tangible data. 69, and I am not making this up, rims, 26 iterations to the layup schedule, and nine months of a dedicated team working on this project to get it to where it is. 

Better was the only option with the Convergence lineup.

"Balls to the walls" has always made me wonder what that would look like. What do you think AC/DC was trying to show us with that one??? Classic!!

Clearly, you did not read the fine print on that NDA, Brian!!! LOL

Gage, the rear spacing is 157, yes. This was selected for optimal wheel bracing angle and the stance of the rider. The bike is more planted with 157, in our opinion.
We chose to use a 73mm BB that is typically used for Boost-spaced rear ends. What that has done is tucked the chainring in and brought the cassette out, making optimal chain line in the gears most mountain bikers spend their time in. 
So cassette wear is far better due to far less cross-over. There are other benefits as well, but they are based on efficiency claims, and I don't want to open that can of worms.

For bike one, we are more than happy with the outcome but know routing will be a big focus moving forward. The designed shape of the rear end would cause a mountain of cable slack anywhere other than where it is now. We did look long and hard at other areas, and this was the best option for this design.

Our approach to the stack is that you can always add stack to a bike in many ways. Spacers, stems, bars, headsets, steer races, and forks can all add to the stack. But once you have a high or set high stack, you cannot remove it as easily.

Not everyone wants or needs a supreme high stack, and we aim to have The Arrival give you options for where riders prefer their stack.