Originally Posted by Ygduf

?? $300 for the fanciest aero road bars (they do make alu ones too, for like $70) vs. $1000+ for a zipp 404 front wheel. that's like 6 to 1 cost-to-return.

anyway, this small margin stuff helps but is so exceedingly unlikely to produce a win (vs. you know training and learning to race) that it's all a poor investment!