Nov. 17, 2015, 8:37 p.m. -  Nat Brown

#!markdown Hey gravityfreak. I wasn't meaning anything along those lines, but to an extent I'm on board with what you're I saying. I ride 26, hell, my one bike has a straight 1 1/8 headtube and I've bought a new fork in the past couple of years. The options are limited. However, and I write this acknowledging the theme of this website, the problems you bring up are only a small manifestation of a much bigger problem that goes well beyond MTB and the industry that supports it. And it strikes me that, to an extent, people getting their knickers in a twist over a change in MTB standards could probably do with broadening their horizons. (No offence to you personally, everyone has different experiences.) Should people be riding 26 in 100 years time just so we don't have to deal with the inconvenience of changing standards now, even though it seems clear that there is merit to the change, incremental though it may be? I intend on riding my 26 for a while yet, primarily because it's fun and I don't need a new bike right now. There will be compromises when it comes to replacing broken stuff, but from what I can tell they'll be minimal for at least 2 or 3 years.