Quoted in Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, Stan Day, SRAMís president said “Shimano
is a big company with a diverse product line. The jury found that they have the ability
and desire to target a single component using other components to subsidize it. Selling
individual components below cost allows them to keep us and other smaller manufacturers
out of the market. Now that the jury has ruled against them it hopefully signals
that we and other smaller component makers have a better chance at competing,”.
Shimano declined to comment on the decision.