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Old 05-01-24, 09:34 AM
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tomato coupe
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
I am 99.8% certain I will never buy another Trek bike. I think Lance Armstrong is a terrible person who earned all the crap that has come down on him, but that isn't the reason. I don't like some of the business decisions they have made over the years, but that isn't the reason. For a long time, their offerings have excited ma about as much as an unsalted soft-boiled egg does. The reason is because their road bikes, in addition to costing stupid amounts of money, only come with aluminum or carbon fiber frames, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool steel guy. That, and I'm 66, have all the bikes I can use, and have no great desire to buy any more of them.

I don't think that qualifies as a boycott, although the net result is pretty much the same.
In other words, you have no interest in Trek (or any other major manufacturer) because they no longer make bikes out of materials that only a small fraction of buyers want. I think they will survive that "boycott."
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