>>974994I think OP's fag-tastic hyperbole misses the point that can be made. Which is that there is a noticeable trend away from easily-serviced parts. Things like cartridge BBs are fine because they're stocked everywhere and are not expensive but shifters that you cannot (easily) service, frames that you'd be scared to buy used and wheels that disregard longevity for a 1% stiffness improvement are all to the detriment to the vast majority of cyclists.
The ones that actually race for a living do benefit from this but they are a tiny, tiny majority and everyone else is left worse off.
