Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
I think this may be what's throwing me...
It might be a bunch of things packaged into one gruppo and marketed as commuter friendly, but all of these options already existed piece meal in other ways. I guess the main advantage is taking a bunch of things seen as advantageous for commuters, sticking them in the same bucket and saying voila for the person who wants the same sticker with Shimano's seal of approval?
Yes. Maybe not "seal of approval," I think only old Schwinn was that arrogant or tone deaf, but into a consistent quality level and styling.
Maybe it's also a way to sell more cranksets, because this one is really distinctive and attractive, not a gray flame-surfaced blob that's not missed when replaced by an FSA.
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."