Originally Posted by zymphad

Because it's hilarious. They can provide as many numbers as they want, only the results matter. The result is, today's best riders aren't riding must faster or finishing races faster. The speeds are less than 1kmph and times are not better. Once you put a rider on these bikes, the gains they advertise from simulations and wind tunnel testing, seems to matter not.

What these companies advertise to justify their extreme pricing, is horsecrap in actual real results in races, not theoretical potentials in a wind tunnel.

So why wouldn't I care? It's too funny to ignore. As you say, buy what you want, ride what you want. It's still hilarious to see someone spend $10K on an aero bike when their gains would be zero vs than buying a steel from 30 years ago made for racing.

Not to say I will be buying a steel and I wouldn't want say a Ridley Helium. Call me hypocrite, it's true, but I still don't find the cycling industry any less amusing.