April 22, 2015, 8:46 a.m. -  tibor96

#!markdown Pick a causal source and stay with it, Cam. And Vernon. So it's the riders who demand it, and the industry is just responding? That's bullshit. The industry creates an idea it wants to sell, and then gins up support via social media etc., NSMB and pinkbike and bikerumor and other sites help greatly in selling things with "spy shots" and "secret inside scoops" of BS changes that are not improvements. This lying in order to keep your "insider" status is bullshit. I'm not surprised that hobbyist pseudo-MTBers, the kind who buy a bike for the image, are falling for your bullshit. I am a bit surprised that people who actually ride their bikes fall for it. I don't know a single person who has been clamoring for any of the changes I've seen over the past 5 years. I don't know anyone who asked for 27.5 wheels even after knowing Kirk Pacenti had been trying for 10 years to push them onto people. I don't know anyone who wanted 15mm axles instead of 20mm axles. I don't know anyone who wanted rear hubs to change dimensions, or frame dropouts to change dimensions. Meanwhile the mfrs and the cultish media outlets continue pumping the hype for these pointless changes. Don't blame the industry, Cam? Piss off. Piss right the hell off with that bullshit, you liar.