well,,,,, so far you've recieved some good technical answers,,, but to answer your question,,,, itis because everybody has an oppinion and everybody has different taste, likes and disilikes , not everybodys gonna hate them and not everybodys gonna like them,,, it's the human factor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I've got 6 bikes 1 has aspongy front fork ,,, thats the one I ride all around town???