I'm so confused too...I picked out my colors and even faxed in my order form for the G4 and the folks at the gear store really dissed it and argued I should just get the G3 instead. Two of them were riggers and they really are trying to talk me out of it. They mentioned something about the cable housing being routed over the rings as opposed to under and how that may cause wear and tear on the binding...how taking off the fancy pants will leave metal bits sticking out of the bottom..I don't know if they have a motive but now I'm really confused.
