I've been on the pedals, 777 bars, and guide now for about six months. They're all SICK! I have a 1.125" headtube and the stack height was always too high even with a flipped G-light stem. Now the bars are exactly where I want them - LOW. The guide is bomber - it's taken many hits and several hard 50/50 landings without fail. The boomerang on the guide is made of Dupont Hytrel which is much more elastic than polycarbonate (and way more resilient than alloy, which e13 uses in the boomerang construction of the LG-1). I think all of these items are well designed and not simply indicative of companies being "sheep [that] follow what the market leader is doing." FSA/Gravity spent a substantial amount of time redesigning their earlier guide and thus, are now delivering a product that rivals the most popular chain guides on the market. I'm not here to flame anyone, I just think they make good stuff in most cases and the pedals, 777s, and new guide are, in my experience, exceptional. It's easy to criticize design when you're sitting at a keyboard and haven't even tried the product. FSA has smart and talented engineers that work hard to deliver quality parts - not just the latest purple ano do-dads. Cheers!