Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie

Amen. Many times the small defunct companies were the real inovators, and the giant monolithes eventually adopted their ideas in a far less efficient manner many years later. Who invented the GUI; it wasn't Microsoft. Who invented the slant parallelogram derailleur, indexed shifting and clipless pedals; it wasn't Shimano. If companies like Suntour were still around today, I think we might have seen more significant advancements and inovations. Instead, we just see a continuing trend towards intellectual mediocrity, and an indifferent and uninformed consuming public that passively excepts it all.