Originally Posted by
Jeff Neese
Of course most of their bikes are disc brakes - they big three have been marketing the hell out them for years. How do you get people to buy a new bicycle when they have a perfectly good one already? Convince them that something is "new and better". Marketing 101.
How do you know you are not a victim of the grand rim brake conspiracy? Everyone was perfectly happy with their rod brakes and coaster brakes. Then big bike executives took Marketing 101 as part of their VA education grant post WW2 and unleashed rim brakes on the unsuspecting innocent masses.
In fact we need to band together and stand up to this never ending progress and greed. Let’s abandon all brakes and begin dragging our shoes on the ground as was initially intended.