Sept. 22, 2016, 5:30 p.m. -  DrewM

#!markdown It definitely hasn't happened yet. I feel that efforts to make proprietary shocks and shock dimensions, steer tube sizes, hub spacings, and even things as simple as Trek's 36mm seat collar diameter (vs. the ~ standard 34.9/35mm) foreshadow a possible future. I'm not suggesting its with any dark intention but if Trek, for example, sees something they think they can improve upon (Boost Spacing, Knock Block to deal crown-on-downtube contact with wider Boost spaced forks, Tapered steerer tubes, etc) they have the purchasing power and design capability to just go ahead and do it. Now, the industry has adopted some of those examples (tapered steerer tubes and boost spacing) but what if they hadn't? There is no reason Trek could have continued using their purchasing power to have those parts made (like DRCV shocks for example, or Cannondale spec'ing 1.5″ forks from Fox and RockShox long after the industry had moved to tapered) regardless of what everyone else was doing. Anyways. Bookmark this article. Pretty easy to come back and tell me how wrong I am a decade from now. Cheers!