Erik

Oooh, aahh . . . 11 cogs on the back end of a $9k Colnago. Obscenely wealthy & fat bike snobs everywhere rejoice at the prospect of yet another component installation to screw up.

10 is a nice, round number. I like 10. A 2x10 drivetrain can allow you to pedal at 90 rpm from 8mph all the way up to 40 on the same cassette. And our wheels are more or less interchangeable with 10spd. Whatever Campy has in mind, it isn't for our benefit.

This crap will still sell, though, because it's labeled "Campagnolo". The combination of consumer ignorance and good marketing makes a flawless money machine.

Then again, people eventually figured out that Spinergy wheels were complete crap, so maybe Campy is finally nearing the end of its absurd cult days.

Then again, people still buy Mavic product, too.

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:34:26 -0700
From: anquetil@yahoo.com
To: hagenkt@mac.com; joec@aracnet.com
CC: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] At what point is enough enough?

My favorite quote from the article explains it all:

"Cyclists are never truly happy whether they are professionals or amateurs."

--- On Wed, 6/18/08, Joe Cipale wrote:

From: Joe Cipale
Subject: [OBRA Chat] At what point is enough enough?
To: "Karsten Hagen"
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:04 AM

http://www.velonews.com/article/77895/tech-report-the-campagnolo-11-speed-super-record-group

It seems to me that at a certain point, the improvements are marginally
incremental.
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