Do you have a question for Specialized Women's Product Team?

[Kiwi Stoker]

I used to work in the bike industry and I am respectful of what special website we have here.

Personally while I was working there all I did here was to read the discussions and occassionally pass on comments to other people in the company which I thought was helpful. It wasn't until after I left that I joined and started participating.

Unfortunately I do believe Rachel and Co has probably crossed the line in the sense they are using this site for free to gain market research etc and traffic from it to their site (and that is what you pay online ads to do). This site is unique and cool because TE hasn't used it as a way to generate extra funds by allowing advertising throughout this forum.

And its not like Rachel is from a start up company that needs help, Specialized can afford market research and does so by their women's travelling roadshows etc.

I like how this is a neutral space where we can discuss everything. As others mentioned I think it would be OK for Rachel to paricipate on this forum as a woman rider and not with her Specialized marketing hat on.

[OakLeaf]

I'm with Thorn.

Several of us have invited Rachel to become part of this community. Now, I don't read every single thread, but at this point I don't know anything about Rachel except for the cursory (and, I thought, a little testy) intro she posted in this thread.

If she'd spent enough time here to know something about this community, she'd have an idea of how we value this space. And that we appreciate TE on many levels - for hosting this space, for their great selection of products, for their terrific customer service, and for keeping their advertising unintrusive here.

I don't think Rachel should be banned (not at this point, anyhow). But if she doesn't want to be respectful of TE as a commercial enterprise, and of this community, then I don't know that she has much of value to offer us.

[aicabsolut]

But it is a BB30. You can use any BB30 crank on the frame. It's just a pain to use a non-BB30 crank (like English or Italian threaded BB) b/c you'd have to install the threaded sleeve.
Do you mean the BCD isn't the same on the rings/cranks? Like it wouldn't take FSA or Shimano rings?

[jobob]

I'm with Thorn & Oakleaf.

[Tokie]

Susan - I agree with you. And I love the ongoing discussion about bottom brackets and compatibility too - this is just like a family holiday dinner, with multiple conversations going on at once. tokie