1) I SO lusted after that BMW bike. The videos of those guys throwing down huge stair gaps in NYC while I was toodling around on my decidedly XC Cannondale hardtail, blew my mind at the end of the last century.
2) I have a theory, unsupported by data, that Sram's rise to dominance is driven by the fact that they can sell bike companies not just a drivetrain, but also a dropper, a fork, a stem, bars, etc, as a presumably cheaper package deal, vs a parts manager picking Shimano, then a Fox fork, then another company for bars, and another for stem, and another for dropper, etc.....
March 25, 2024, 9:10 a.m. - Fat_Tony_NJ
1) I SO lusted after that BMW bike. The videos of those guys throwing down huge stair gaps in NYC while I was toodling around on my decidedly XC Cannondale hardtail, blew my mind at the end of the last century. 2) I have a theory, unsupported by data, that Sram's rise to dominance is driven by the fact that they can sell bike companies not just a drivetrain, but also a dropper, a fork, a stem, bars, etc, as a presumably cheaper package deal, vs a parts manager picking Shimano, then a Fox fork, then another company for bars, and another for stem, and another for dropper, etc.....