>>1414378Yeah, and that's kind of my point, and I think that he should be doing better than he is, certainly better than I'm doing as some random techfag trash. The dude deserves a lambo. But unfortunately the stubbornness that made him keep pushing for a world where standard road bikes have relaxed geo and clearance for 700x35 minimum is the stubbornness that makes him a bad businessman. Like, if he'd just given in on disc brakes, Crust wouldn't have had a reason to exist.
>>1414356The whole gravel grinder category that's helping to keep the industry afloat right now (gravel and e-bike are the only growth categories, everything else is shrinking, especially road racing) is the evolution of the XO-1 and All-Rounder. We may even wind up seeing gravelbikes go to 26"+ because of how well 26x2.3 slick works. There's a ton of Rivendell/Bridgestone DNA in gravelbikes, and "Just Ride" is a practically a mantra now. So yeah I'd say he's been influential. Where he is right now tho with the long chainstays is too far out, but who knows, maybe in 10-15 years 500+mm chainstays will suddenly become the cool new thing.
