Originally Posted by
Dave Mayer
Anyway, this crowd is increasingly locked to their shops due to internal frame cable routing, hydraulic discs, electronic shifting and tubeless. Routine maintenance tasks that 20 years ago they would have been embarrassed to take to a shop are now the norm.
As far as the bike industry is concerned: Mission accomplished, I guess.
It's funny that you credit a Big Bike conspiracy when you've already provided the more simple, and more likely, answer -
Originally Posted by
Dave Mayer
No shortage of disposable income either; this crowd can afford anything.