Originally Posted by bigtea

Seriously...just how often are you shopping for stuff? Do you replace a component as soon as a supposedly lighter weight version comes out?

How many stems do you buy a year? Do you have a half dozen unused seat posts in the garage?

Are you racing? Are you not winning?

Or are you just a club rider? Are you struggling to keep up with the pack?

At some point you need to realize that you are exactly the kind of consumer that will always be fooled by misleading advertising claims. You should expect that everything you buy will not be as advertised.