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sced
For example...........
I would argue that disc brakes fall into this category - there’s no question that discs are objectively better than rim brakes, but they confer no advantage for the vast majority of riding situations. However, we (the riding general public) has been convinced that by not riding with discs, we’re taking our lives In our hands with those obsolete and inferior rim brakes. Most of us don’t need disc brakes, but we’ve been convinced that we do. It’s a bit like how we’ve been convinced that, without the superior roadholding and safety of AWD, we might not survive the next trip to the mall