Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i consider myself schooled.
perhaps it's just cheaper to replace broken shimano parts? i guess shimano works on more of a 'disposable parts' mantra...
Yeah, I think that Sheldon Brown has it detailed on his site somewhere, the timeline of Shimano. Back in the '80s, Shimano changed their "mindset" and went with the disposable-but-cheap idea, marking them as different from Campy in the marketplace.