Originally Posted by
zastolj
Am I the only one thinking this is the reason why they wanted a change? I have not seen this discussed much. I really think all the fist shaking was scaring the bike manufacturers away. Just look at the latest field test on gravel bikes, they were actually giving some really heavy critique on some of the bikes. This is not typical to the traditional bicycle media where even a horrible product gets 4 stars out of 5.
You do have a point here. I have seldom if ever seen a bike, wheelset or group set get less than a 4 star rating.