Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
Re bolded comment- I don't think that this analogy is accurate of what really went on. Shimano did nothing against the rules. They just were the bigger and better engineered company with a better marketing dept. Imagine David and Goliath where David has no sling. For as much as many of us wrenches liked SunTour (they did deliver us from poor shifting Euro made stuff before Shimano was a factor here in the US) I do admit that Shimano did the better effort in various areas overall. I once read that Shimano had more people studying old patents for ideas then SunTour had engineers of any kind. Shimano also had an auto industry arm that fueled a lot of their manufacturing ability. Andy
I agree my analogy was off.... I was trying to show exactly what you were saying. Shimano simply overpowered Suntour is what I guess I was trying to say. I am beginning to wonder if SRAM and Shimano don't have Campy next on their list.