Originally Posted by
WhyFi
The depths of one's pockets has nothing to do with their aptitude. Also, do you really think that this isn't going to penetrate lower price points? I think think that it's silly to assume that it won't. That's not to say that it's going to be on Wally World bikes two seasons from now, but I could foresee it getting in to that entry-level enthusiast price bracket.
I think it is silly to assume it will.
Bike prices, bike equipment, and bike gear prices in the last decade have only gone one direction. Higher and higher and higher. First gas prices were blamed, then when the fuel prices went down it was revealed what was really going on: jacked up prices simply because they could. Power meter prices have been locked in for a long while now. Electronic gruppos have locked in as well.
So no, it isn't going to penetrate to lower price points. AAMOF, the "lower price points" are only going to go up. Hell, entry road bike prices have doubled in the last decade. And as I said, prices are only going to go up.