maybe people are looking at this the wrong way. i'm not trying to be a jerk at all, so please don't take it like that, but maybe the competition's stuff is gaining more and more respect? for instance, since the introduction of the one, Ebonite's business has boomed around here. also, Morich and Lane 1 are doing nothing but growing. so maybe rather than track "falling apart" or people losing faith in track, maybe they're simply trying something else, and who would blame them? every company makes quality products, as loyal to one company as any of us are, we all have to admit, that every company making stuff today makes good ones. bad ones too, don't get me wrong, but everybody's putting out quaulity.
just my opinion.
Matt