Originally Posted by
bigtea
My questions were rhetorical, intended to provoke a conversation about what I see as an absurd pursuit of weight reduction for the pure sake of it and at a cost that only benefits the sellers of bicycles.
Formula 1 will also build their cars under the weight limit and add ballast. There is a benefit to controlling where the weight goes, as it affects handling. I imagine this would the same for bikes as well as cars. Regardless, you made it sound like the bikes they were selling would also have this ballast and people were paying extra for it.