Originally Posted by dutret
You seem to forget that there are two almost completely seperate bike industries. I am willing to bet shimano still sells more 7speed freewheels then they do 10speed cassettes.
This other industry is what most people who need a utilitarian bike turn to and rightly so since it is set up to provide affordable bikes to the non-discriminating costumer.
I'm not sure what this has to do with ss/fg anyway.
Are you talking about LBS vs. Megalomart, or Dura-Ace vs. hybrids with freewheels?
Edit: For those that don't think this belongs here, come on, it's not like we've never debated form vs. function, phil vs. formula, and other such issues on here.