Originally Posted by genejockey

I gotta say, though, that one of the LEAST compelling arguments on here, the one that people use to softly denigrate new technology they don't feel the need for is "It's a solution looking for a problem", or "I've never needed more (insert function here) than I have." Cripes, guys - something can be BETTER without making the older technology BAD. You don't want disc brakes? Fine. Don't get disc brakes. You don't want brifters? Fine. Don't get brifters.