Originally Posted by
TiHabanero
How can perfection be improved upon?
Seriously, there are few track riders when compared to road riders, so the market is very limited. R and D is costly, and tough to recoup in a small market.
There’s loads of R&D in track. It’s a controlled environment closed system lab experiment situation, where things are timed to the n’th degree and analyzed over and over. Disc wheels, low profile frames, aero helmets, monocoque frames etc etc are among some of the things that were proven on the boards before they were brought to the road.
There are fewer riders, but there are Olympic medals to be won, there are rainbow jerseys to be won, and plastered onto advertising boards that get stuck up on the wall in your LBS, because when someone sees a picture of Chris Hoy on some Comete wheels, they might splash $200 on a pair of Aksiums.