Whenever a new standard is introduced, a certain amount of resistance is to be expected. After all, who wants to find out that the bike that they purchased last week already has technology on it that's no longer the latest and greatest? Look back in the archives to 2008 when the 15x100 thru axle was introduced, or 2011 when 12x142 came about and you'll see the same arguments against change as there are today. At the same time, if the industry didn't move forward (granted, it does sometimes go sideways, and even backwards), we'd still be riding with cantilever brakes and toe clips. Wider tires and stiffer wheels combined with the frame design potential that Boost allows certainly sound like good things, but plenty of questions still remain, and until we have actual trail time on these new products the jury is still out, although by all indications Boost is here to stay... at least until the next new standard pops up a few years down the line. - Mike Kazimer