BeeSeeBee wrote:You don't think that Sinyard going up to Alberta to apologize to the shop owner in person, making a public apology with him, and stating they would change their policies is taking responsibility? Specialized got raked over the coals during the week this was going on, and obviously still years later, so what else are you looking for, an actual public flogging?
better question to ask is whether Sinyard would have taken any action at all if the issue didn't crop up on social media; whether they would have quietly just steamrolled a small business
if i may be allowed to extend upon the other poster's tangent on why he would never buy specialized, how about:
*their penchant for introducing ugly, tacky gimmicks. see: cgr, zertz, and that stem suspension
*their ugly venge and its wild claims
*their championing the overmarketing of aero (please never let me hear that dribble about aero benefits slow riders more again)
*their manchild creative director and his juvenile 'fUCI' press-bait-bike
i don't know what runs in the water in morgan hill but i dont like the smell of their company culture/ethos/etc
to their credit, the 1980s rockhoppers and stumpjumpers were great bikes
