The fall of Kona Bikes :(

[.RJ]

Originally Posted by mstateglfr

If SRAM wanted to offer less expensive option, it would. Its really quite simple. Instead, SRAM decided to stop offering 9sp, stopped offering 10sp, has almost entirely elimintaed rim brake offerings, and decided to offer even its lowest end model with 12sp, hydraulic brakes, and electronic shifting.

Sram never had 9 speed road parts, 9 speed mountain parts were 30 years ago. They're still making available their 11 speed, cable shifted road and mountain parts now.

Originally Posted by mstateglfr

Further, if a full Rival mechanical groupset costs only $460(I havent seen that, but I will accept it as true for this comment), then that actually supports my initial comment that SRAM does not care about offering less expensive options that what they now offer.
Somehow that being supportive of my initial comment wasnt noticed.

I dont even know what you're arguing about, unless you're looking for Sram to offer parts in a market like shimano 8/9 speed for cheap hybrid bikes when they've never done that.