Originally Posted by
M.W.
I think that some folks in here are also forgetting that the customer is part of the equation, too. For every hasn't-ridden-since-adolescence-gets-sold-an-aggressive-expensive-race-bike person that you see, there's another that went into the store and kept insisting that the internet told them that they need di2, six feet of drop, and carbon wheels or else the weekly ride around the SeaWall will be near-impossible - and that they know better, because google prowess trumps the salesperson's years of experience.
BS! Those people that go in insisting they need Di2 etc, are rich baby boomers who are spending large amounts of cash to get whatever they want. I see those types in LBS's too, most can't fix a flat or don't want to dirty their hands to do it. These same blue hairs are buying Corvettes, why? because some internet research told them too? No, it's what they want so they can cruise and never break the speed limit.