carbon29er Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 No, innovation is such that you never release more than one or two new items at once, you drip feed the market to wring as much reward as you can from the gullible. And at the end of the day most of the market, myself definitely included, does not have the skill to gain maximum benefit out of the new innovations. In fact, average Joe is buying the equivalent of a F1 race car to take the kids to school. Like the pot bellied accountant pushing his Dogma or Venge up small hills.
urbanroyal Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Like the pot bellied accountant pushing his Dogma or Venge up small hills.And what's wrong with that....?
carbon29er Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 There you go G, the actual winning, up to Stage 6 anyway, can be yours...
GLuvsMtb Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 There you go G, the actual winning, up to Stage 6 anyway, can be yours...Going to a good cause, so why not?
Hairy Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Go read the sheriffs comment. Thats Rockshox's fault, not Jan van Riebeeck'sGo read your post again, you were playing down the lefty due to there hub
GLuvsMtb Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Go read your post again, you were playing down the lefty due to there hub sorry you are right. Its all Spesh's fault that Rockshox went for proprietary tech. What was I thinking?
Hairy Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Go read your post again, you were playing down the lefty due to there hubsorry you are right. Its all Spesh's fault that Rockshox went for proprietary tech. What was I thinking?You are going off on a tangent to nowhere and taking my point out of context. RS are doing well with their fork, no issue with that
GLuvsMtb Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 You are going off on a tangent to nowhere and taking my point out of context. RS are doing well with their fork, no issue with thatAnd Spesh is doing well with brain and other ancillaries, but the haters have an issue with that to the degree that they make wild generalizations and do blanket 'spesh-rider-profiles? I see the logic here...
Wyatt Earp Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 sorry you are right. Its all Spesh's fault that Rockshox went for proprietary tech. What was I thinking?Nope, it's not about that.It's about the fact that Specialized had zip and zero input on the RS1.I was at a Specialized launch in Salt Lake City when a guy from Sram came to show us the new XX cassette. It was around 2007 if I recall.It was very interesting listening to the Sram representative explaining how much R&D they put in to their products, real engineering ideas as opposed to marketing ideas behind something innovative. The RS1 also does well with that axle, with the lower legs moving up in to the bushings, you have more room for play and flex, that axle helps to eliminate that.Technology changes and soon all types of standards are to be found. Spesh have the X12 142 plus, what does that mean in the real world, absolutely nothing ,who cares about a few small millimetres that just complicates things ......
Wyatt Earp Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 And Spesh is doing well with brain and other ancillaries, but the haters have an issue with that to the degree that they make wild generalizations and do blanket 'spesh-rider-profiles? I see the logic here...The brain works well, it's incredible .I received and sold the first ever Epic to hit the S.A. shores (around 2003/4) that bike still comes through my hands from time to time. The only issue with their brain and brain equipped forks is that you can only do the servicing though them and their head office locally.As I said earlier, if they outsource the service thereof to more shops, it would be a benefit to the consumer but not to the big S as they would lose their monopoly .
GLuvsMtb Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 The brain works well, it's incredible .I received and sold the first ever Epic to hit the S.A. shores, that bike still come through my hands from time to time. The only issue with their brain and brain equipped forks is that you can only do the servicing though them and their head office locally.As I said earlier, if they outsource the service thereof to more shops, it would be a benefit to the consumer but not to the big S as they would lose their monopoly .Educate me, are lefties serviced in the bike shop or at Omnico?
Wyatt Earp Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Educate me, are lefties serviced in the bike shop or at Omnico?It can be serviced at any bike shop where the shop is prepared to buy the tools and send the technician for training .
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