You may or may not remember this. A few months ago, James “Triple Whip” Foster shattered his ankle jumping over a house in Germany for some TV show. The details about that can be found here. Obviously the problem was that his frame was too heavy.

So KHE lightened things up on his “Triple Threat” signature frame by butting everything (butted chainstays? Yikes.), milling out everything else, and heat-treating the whole mess. It’s now four pounds even, so he should be able to float over houses from here on out. That’s a relief.

Only there’s this: Didn’t FIVE-pound Sanko frames (think the Fit Hawk) have a nasty habit of breaking? What’s going to happen to a FOUR-pound Sanko frame? I, for one, don’t plan on finding out firsthand.

So much here that I don’t understand and/or don’t want to accept.

a) Brian Tunney is working for ESPN now? Say what? Along with blogging for Dig, TMing éclat, doing Assblasters, and, you know, riding his bike? How does one fit all this in? I suppose I could e-mail him and ask, but after the last éclat cheap shot, I don’t really feel like it. Besides, I don’t even look at ESPN anymore since their video-heavy redesign appears to be incompatible with my not-up-to-the-minute operating system. So I doubt I’ll be reading much. Especially if it’s just going to be re-hashed press releases.

b) Metal is making frames in Taiwan? OK, I knew that. And I even understand it. Got nothing against overseas-made frames. Everyone’s doing it anyway. So, yeah. Skip to c.

c) Chris Wilson got a signature frame? From Metal? After his Dead Bang part was more or less universally panned, I thought he’d be on Fit by now. He was the guy who did all the tailwhips, wasn’t he?

d) Metal is making a frame that is described with phrases such as “low standover height,” has a 75-degree headtube angle, and comes in a two-tone finish that isn’t zebra-striped. This is like Slayer coming out with an album that is described with phrases such as “heartfelt and soulful.” I find it funny that Metal splits from S&M, THEN puts out a frame, um, fit for Chase DeHart. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the whole point of there being different companies that companies be different? Guess not.

Fuck, now I’m depressed.