Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
What "regulation" ever regulated the use of year and model designations in the bicycle industry?
When was year and model designation for bicycles not chiefly a marketing tool?
There is something called consumer fraud protection, where marking 2016 items as 2017 is not legal, it does not need to be specific to the bicycle industry. Not sure if some bike owners in this thread live on another planet, but to consumers coming from other sports/fields, this thread is looking like the twilight zone.
It is NOT acceptable to label a 2016 bike as "2017" simply by adding a better crankshaft or derailleur, nor placing a 2016-colored frame with newer components and calling it a "2017" model. It isn't acceptable to most consumers in other inudstries, and should not and legally would not in the bicycle one either.