SaulGoodman

hey everyone dont mess with the pinkbike police! ok i'm gonna stop. my apologies if i made you cry.

We've all agreed you're annoying. Go away!

She probably didn't like mtbrider71. So he grew up to be a troll.

the last gen impacts are way better than the new adidas versions. it's cool that they came out with an spd impact though.

Gabriel-Mission I agree these puns are as annoying as being bitten by a snake! I also tire myself out trying to roll through this wheelhouse of puns that are spinning out of control, but they spoke up sooner, so my efforts are drifting away, and now i look like a knob. We need to gain traction on this argument by telling people not to tread on our website! you people are so full of hot air... i'm gonna go watch the tube.

Money envy. that's totally the driving force behind the anger we see here. Me, I got car envy. GTI Autobahn - cool car.

C'mon, give the guy a break. For someone to interpret: "it doesn't exactly jump forward with any sort of real zip. There are bikes with similar travel that feel more alive during such times - Banshee's Rune or the new Slash come to mind." to "not mentioning how it climbs fairly poorly compared to other bikes, rather saying it climbs well" There's absolutely no helping or convincing him even though to a normal person these two statements are completely contrary to each other.

i'm more upset about no small size.

Waki's right, bikes have always been expensive - we had $10k ti bikes back in the 90s that were not nearly as capable as the Enduro is now. It's not that the mtb industry is getting crazy, it's that the market will bear it, i.e. customers are completely willing to pay this much $. So, it's our own F'ing faults for wanting the best and demanding it yesterday. We can complain all we want about the high prices, but companies will continue to make these super expensive bikes because people are just waiting to open their wallets year in and year out. Cars are a great example of this - someone mentioned the WRX, which used to cost $23k base when it came stateside in 2002. Now it's nearly $30k base, which the STi used to cost when it came stateside in 2004. Now the STi is close to $39k and Subaru continues to increase annual sales. just like bikes, it's all in response to demand.