Originally Posted by
THE ARS
Look harder, it's there.
You're not getting the freeze out brother.
IMO we're getting suckered by Shimano on one hand going, oh look, you can bolt a brand-new DA derailleur on your old 6spd bike, isn't that nice, while on the other we're getting boned because they should have changed the actuation ratio when they went to 8spd (yeah, I know they did for DA for a bit, but meh).
I wonder why they haven't...
Say, have you seen that new electronic gear? Wowee.
Holy crap, 1/8"!
Eight speed will be around for a while.
Damn straight - it can't; eight is enough.