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Until the upgrade (complete bike) cycle becomes as fast as the product cycle,
we're slaves to the market. And the bike industry sees the market as what
everyone bought new last year, which is a sliver of the entire market and also
makes a few faulty assumptions: 1) people thought the "improvements" were
better than last year's model when they're really comparing them to a 5 year
old bike, and 2) people bought a new bike because of an improvement, when more
likely they purchased it because of any number of improvements, but I'll bet
for most people on this site it's frame geometry/travel. All the idiots who
went to a bike shop and got a Bronson to replace their carbon Blur LT, may be
the problem, but that's a small part of the market. Most of us bought 650b
because you can't get a 26 in a 6″ bike anymore. And no sane person is buying
a bike because of the rear axle size. We don't get to pick and choose most
small improvements - we're just along for the ride (see: press fit bb).
April 22, 2015, 7:01 a.m. - db79467
#!markdown Until the upgrade (complete bike) cycle becomes as fast as the product cycle, we're slaves to the market. And the bike industry sees the market as what everyone bought new last year, which is a sliver of the entire market and also makes a few faulty assumptions: 1) people thought the "improvements" were better than last year's model when they're really comparing them to a 5 year old bike, and 2) people bought a new bike because of an improvement, when more likely they purchased it because of any number of improvements, but I'll bet for most people on this site it's frame geometry/travel. All the idiots who went to a bike shop and got a Bronson to replace their carbon Blur LT, may be the problem, but that's a small part of the market. Most of us bought 650b because you can't get a 26 in a 6″ bike anymore. And no sane person is buying a bike because of the rear axle size. We don't get to pick and choose most small improvements - we're just along for the ride (see: press fit bb).