Can understand your frustration, I've been there before(not with Robbie), but in general. I would maybe discuss your issue with Robbie. If some "azz hat" at McDonalds put pickles on your ketchup only cheese burger would you never eat at McDonalds again?
) in getting these drivers designed and built and available to us. Avid is always on the cutting edge with new products and carries a professional tone on the forums.
Eric is completely right. Sometimes a phone call when requesting something special or custom is a better way to communicate than an email. Avid (Robbie) is a first class operation and business man. Avid has been instrumental (as has Mountainhorse
About 4 years ago when Robbie (with Eric's input) was making the first sets of the Powerclaw drivers for the dragons, I was waiting for my drivers. They were a few days late so Robbie personally delivered them to me at the Puyallup Snow Show. He brought me some other goodies and we met up for a while discussing sleds, etc. One heck of a guy.
I've had quite a few dealings with vendors and people on this site. Some were good with qulaity products and some not very good where I've spent the better part of the riding season waiting to receive such product.
I have always had first class perfect dealings with Avid.
I swapped out my drivers from the whal bros to the power claw style mid season last year. I think it was 3-5 days from my phone call to them showing up at my door in ak. Robbie was fantastic to work with.
EVERY set up can benifit from proper clutching to match location, power, gearing, rotating mass, and load. Some people are scared because clutching is like magic to them, some don't have the experience on different set ups to see the value of changing more than just the weights, and some have blow the sled budget on just the track and not left enough money for more than weights.
