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I had a similar experience. I went into a meeting with some Trek engineers
prepared to…I don't even know…call them on their marketing bullshit? They just
kind of rolled their eyes, agreed that the marketing had gotten out of hand,
and then talked circles around me while referencing tests I couldn't even
comprehend.
So hopefully this wan't taken as a genuine diss on bike designers. It was
really more meant as a commentary on this fascination with one number being
the be-all and end-all of bike design. Be it chainstay length, anti-squat or
leverage ratio, there is no one number that will point to a bike being rad or
bad.
July 26, 2016, 2:05 p.m. - Dirk
#!markdown I had a similar experience. I went into a meeting with some Trek engineers prepared to…I don't even know…call them on their marketing bullshit? They just kind of rolled their eyes, agreed that the marketing had gotten out of hand, and then talked circles around me while referencing tests I couldn't even comprehend. So hopefully this wan't taken as a genuine diss on bike designers. It was really more meant as a commentary on this fascination with one number being the be-all and end-all of bike design. Be it chainstay length, anti-squat or leverage ratio, there is no one number that will point to a bike being rad or bad.