I don't own, or need to own anything made past 1985 in road bikes, nor do I want to(Despite working at a bike shop!). The oldies do everything I need. Mtb's a different story, though. I don't want to try and work friction thumb shifters on a trail, or ride a rigid front fork. I have an 09 Specialized P-1 All mountain. Nope, not the popular dirt jumper model.,,,,BD

The carbon failure ratio in road bike frames I've seen since I began working there, will keep me from ever wanting one. In almost two years still only one steel frame has failed, and that was on a dropout. I have never had a steel frame fail, and I have had probably 200+ bikes pass through my hands in the last ten years or so. Sorry I can't appreciate new bikes really. The components are twice as finicky to work on, especially high end Sram, OMG!. Shimano has it's own issues too, but mostly only on 2300 series front derailleurs.,,,,BD

Having to send back a $6k frame because the wrong crank/bb was installed in it, though? Classic! The owner got to ride it about 2 miles, and it developed a horrible noise in the BB.