You and me both, they always have by far since the beginning. Their shoes were absolute crap in the beginning and their business practices have more to do with situations like Lance than anybody knows.

Nice for them to walk away unscathed thanks to an army of lawyers and more $$$ than anybody.

Drink the Kool-aid, take your medicine, Just Do It, At all costs.

The Trek languishes way down in the queue, I have assembled a supergroup for it that has been diverted several times and was just rerouted recently so who knows, It's dang cool for sure and can't imagine it won't be awesome with even more modern kit when it gets there. Key thing is that it is an XL which is crucial on a modern bike to be big enough for me and they are still a bit cramped so who knows, I should get it and about a dozen others lined up to make some progress on.