Originally Posted by Paul Barnard

What I posted wasn't a rant. It was a statement of fact, and it was free of the emotion that is normally associated with a rant. I remember scoffing at Shimano's first crack at BioPace chainrings. People thought I was "yelling at clouds" then too. Nope. I didn't see them as an improvement or an upgrade. I was right. Come to think of it, I haven't read very much at all about creaky square taper English threaded bottom brackets. And somehow I have never blown a turn with mountain bike bars that are less than 3 feet wide either. Marketers convince people that the latest iteration of something is a great improvement, and that keeps the industry turning. I fully support that. I support it while staying grounded in reality. <---- That's not a rant.