Wow. You had to back up to the parent company to find justification for your opinion? You said earlier that a sig line link "likely runs afoul of forum rules about advertising". Well, I've already pointed out that it doesn't, but here's a link to those forum rules.
https://www.bikeforums.net/faq.php?f...atures_avatars The first line in that section states:
'Signatures' contain information that you want to include at the bottom of all your posts. This might include pictures, links to your site(s), quotes, etc.

As for parent companies, they generally have people who read every word of the acquisition's rules, regs, TOU, etc, and if they disagree with anything, it gets changed quickly. They often simply allow subsidiaries to continue with the method of operation that made them successful enough to be a target for acquisition in the first place.

Now, on to your second incorrect assumption, i.e., that I am the first person to make an issue of this. In spite of your attempts to deflect and make this about a simple sig line identifier, it's not. The original issue is whether or not your efforts so far are adequate in identifying yourself as having a vested interest in a particular company. This issue has been discussed on this board time and time again. Hell, philbob57 discussing it in this thread was the catalyst for this conversation. So I am far from the first person to make an issue of it.

Lastly, I cannot understand why you are being so argumentative about something like this, except for the possible explanation that you are the type that has to have everything their way. I understand that you were banned from this board a couple of times this year, once for being argumentative. Amazing. I wonder why your saddle endeavor has never really taken off? I mean, after all this time, you still only make 2 products ... well, OK, one product in two different colors. Yet your name isn't KontactSaddle, it's KontactBike, so it would appear you had grander plans than just a single product. If you behave in all your dealing with other people as you do here, it's no wonder your little company has gone nowhere. And now you've lost one more customer before he ever tries your product. Me. You can bet I'll never buy one, no matter how good they are, just because they're yours.

I'm done with this nonsense. I'll be blocking your posts immediately, so any followup comments I won't see. Goodbye.