Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
... I am having a tough time reconciling The Evil Empire with John, Josh, Craig, Jim, and the other guys.
One way to reconciling is to buy something other than Specialized. Your friends still get the business, you still get what you want with exception of items specific to Specialized. Who's hurt? not your friends at LBS and not you. Specialized just missed out on a sale because of their heavy handed tactic.

I'm no so enamored with Specialized, I can go else where. Okay so I do own Specialized bike, and seat. But those are the last from Specialized. I think I will stick with local builders and small mom and pop suppliers who really do make top notch products.