Originally Posted by
calamarichris
Campagnolo did it and it was gorgeous with the little gold bits and all.
Shimano's 25th Anniversary 9-speed group was even prettier.
Anyone have any idea why Shimano quietly skipped their 50th anniversary? They're less sentimental? Perhaps because plastic-fantastic cannot be made jewel-like enough? Not enough of us bought the 25th Anniversary Group?
Anyone have any insights?
Originally Posted by
calamarichris
Now that think further on it, it's probably because everything Shimano's done since 7800 has been a disgusting embarrassment.
I dont have actual insight, but I can sure guess!
- anniversary groups simply arent cherished by DA users right now.
- things like hubs, headset, and seatpost arent even made now so the group would be smaller.
- Shimano is too busy trying to fix the crank disaster that they created and denied for years so a limited run 50th DA group was scrapped for actually important work.
- they decided that since there is no actual difference between their normal DA and some limited run of 50th Anniversary DA, they would just make the regular DA.
- they found a conscience and decided they couldnt justify charging people even more for DA than they already charge.
What I didnt list as a guess is that there is no 50th group due to Shimano being embarrassed of the aesthetics. I view that as a baseless claim made by people who only recently stopped throwing tantrums on the floor of department stores.