Originally Posted by SeattleTom
Well, let's see... a new system, incompatible with what came before, with components that costs twice what the old system did, and wears more quickly because the components are thinner, and gives you a negligible improvement. Then, they stop making the 9-speed system components, to force upgrades. At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, that sounds like a scam to me.
What a load...The 9 speed stuff is all in the 2005 QBP catalogue.