More importantly, why the hell would a modern bike still come with 135/12. There was, and still is, no point to its existence. This is weird. I'd go on a limb here and say they're chatting shit and the frame is wonky.
If not, its such a bizzare decision.
Really glad. Salutes for powering through this.
How's the derailleur situation. That hanger bolt doesn't look like it's threaded very far in? Doesn't look like you need much to push it to 42t. Maybe the hanger is a tad too chunky and was never tested with a SRAM derailleur?
More importantly, why the hell would a modern bike still come with 135/12. There was, and still is, no point to its existence. This is weird. I'd go on a limb here and say they're chatting shit and the frame is wonky.
If not, its such a bizzare decision.