Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
You can make that argument about almost every development in bicycles in the last 100 years, but that doesn't mean those developments don't offer advantages.
Plenty of innovations have solved real problems. A few from memory:
- high pressure clinchers with hooked rims
- indexed shifting
- integrated brake/shift levers
- carbon fiber for frames, rims, components
- disc brakes
- low pressure tubeless tires
Not on that list: