Back around 2015-2017 a friend fo mine who was a hardcore triathlete won a new bike in a giveaway from his tri club. Nice bike with a SRAM group on it. He hadn't had it very long when we did this ride listed below. Throughout that ride, the FD would not shift correctly. At every SAG, the mech crew would have to work on it. They finally got it on the small ring at one point and told him to keep it there the rest of the ride. I don't remember the story of the bike after that.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29030456