To say shimano distribution and release dates are a clusterfuck is a massive understatement
To say they give a toss about you is a massive overstatement 🙂 Order 5000 groupsets for your factory to assemble onto OTP bikes if you want them to notice you.
From what I have heard they have also fucked the otp people around massively. I assume some sort of restructuring or lack of critical component is taking place. Maybe they cannot source the '-' to go between all the product codes to go on the parts? FD9170 doesn't have quite the same ring...
Allegedly some retailers should have bits today
Different shops were showing different dates for different components
To say shimano distribution and release dates are a clusterfuck is a massive understatement