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Old 05-30-08 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by paul_858
Interesting that they pulled the perdido page off their website. well the images at least. To me it seems like CK is stating that Integrated headsets are wrong, but we want a piece of the market so we're going to "change the specifications" so that it's improved and at the same time make it hard to be utilized by anyone currently running integrated headsets.
+1 - CK....another marketing cult spewing crap upon the masses.

Originally Posted by Chris King Marketing...err....design meeting
Integrated headsets suck.......oh....they seem to be lasting and gaining market share. Look at that our manifesto only convinced a few people. Hmmm....FSA and Cane Creek seem to be dominating the headset market. Poseurs err.....our target market can no longer spec a blingy headset because every new carbon frame that they want uses an integrated headset......

....how are we going to handle this egg on our face? I say we come out with some crap line about how now we know how it can be done, but it will require that everyone do it differently. That way we still look like we know our heads from our butts.

Anyone have a catchy name for it?
Might I suggest: "Wewereincorrecto" Don't know if there is enough room to engrave it though....
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