[Madison]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

At one team, the student turned out to be a young (probably 19) mentor. He told me that they had taken the 2-speed shifter off their bot to make weight, but that he had designed and machined it himself. He pulled out a metal container full of transmission parts and showed me how the ball-bearing shifter worked. It was a great moment

Which team was that? Ball-shifting mechanisms are pretty neat and I'd have loved to take a look at one up close.

I enjoyed watching my team stand in awe of the Poof's mentors for a bit after we'd run into them at Red Robin on Saturday night. That was fun.