Originally Posted by
pursuance
Think the market.
Are a bunch of grumpy old farts looking to buy new road bikes? I think not.
The teenagers that grew up riding inexpensive MTBs with BB5 brakes are the main market, I would think.
They would see through axles and disc brakes and say, "come to papa."
Agreed. Except that the GOF's that you reference are different this generation. We're bigger consumers of recreational products than those before us. Just saying, you might not be right about the GOF generalization.