Originally Posted by 2Rodies
As I said before a savey cyclist would be able to tell the difference but a newbie going to his LBS and being told that "this is the exact same bike that Mario road in Tour" is just disshonest.
That would mean the LBS was lying
I'll concede that it is deceptive, but I don't really think it's any different than the majority of marketing ploys out there. One I should have listed earlier - Jared and Subway! The guy lost 900 pounds eating Subway sandwiches all day long, right? Even worse - look at all the food companies and restaurants advertising "low carb" this and that. It's absolutely ridiculous - and they're allowing people to believe it's the healthy new lifestyle, to simply lower (or worse, eliminate) their carb intake. Most companies only tell you what they want you to see/hear so you'll go out and buy their product. It's up to the consumer to be more discerning. That's just the nature of the marketing beast.
PS - I hope I'm not opening a new discussion by bringing up Atkins-type stuff. I have an uncle that lost 100 pounds following the Atkins plan, but he did a WHOLE lot more than just "count carbs" like most people.