The same s**t across all industries indeed. Bicycle industry is no different... they change something little and then create a whole marketing program to convince ppl they need that new spec'ed bicycle -- when ppl won't take 10% of what that rig is capable off. Up to ppl to judge and justify their purchases, so I don't really care.

What bugs me, however, is the blatant anti-service mentality this days, where stuff isn't fixable anymore. Or worst, the decline in quality we see on (particularly) bicycle parts. Most parts I get my hands on, very expensive stuff by the way, I see areas that need improvement in terms of project.

It's about time we get to hack products again to improve them before the manufacturers do that for us for a hefty increase in price.