iron_mike wrote:
then, some bold company will release a 'climbing' version of their aero road bike for some premier pro tour rider at a hilly road race or mountain stage. it will be the same bike, but with rim brakes and mech shifting - same aerodynamics, a half-pound lighter.
then, everyone will start talking about needing a 'climbing' bike, and convincing themselves that their training and racing rides are 'pretty hilly,' and then everyone will want to get the new rim brakes and mech shifting just so that they can get neutral support, and saving weight's pretty important, and etc. except now mech and rim brakes will be more expensive that discs and electro.
and a few holdouts will come onto slowtwitch and say, "now's a great time to make a killing on second-hand rim-brake wheelsets!
Nah, what's more likely to happen is that urban hipsters will drop fixies and adopt rim-brake, mechanical shifting bikes as retro-cool, then boutique builders will spring up to sell them lousy to mediocre quality bikes at premium prices. But the "true" hipsters will recognize the quality of actual vintage bikes, and we'll all finally be able to liquidate our collection of rim brake wheels and frames.
"They're made of latex, not nitroglycerin"