I'm afraid it's just business - the sales weren't happening. It's very similar situation as with internal gear hubs/boxes - a very sensible solution for the middle of the curve, but ... nobody is buying. I personally really want to buy an internally geared mtb, and have been wanting to buy it for a decade, but still haven't, for various reasons :-)
Trek is a major player and if they would come up with improved second generation stache, I'm sure it would work out, but even they couldn't pull that off financially, imo. Same with hammerschmidt and schwalbe procore.
April 14, 2023, 5:11 a.m. - ZigaK
I'm afraid it's just business - the sales weren't happening. It's very similar situation as with internal gear hubs/boxes - a very sensible solution for the middle of the curve, but ... nobody is buying. I personally really want to buy an internally geared mtb, and have been wanting to buy it for a decade, but still haven't, for various reasons :-) Trek is a major player and if they would come up with improved second generation stache, I'm sure it would work out, but even they couldn't pull that off financially, imo. Same with hammerschmidt and schwalbe procore.