Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
I have a hard time believing that Wahoo spent however-much on Speedplay only to shut it down. Deep breath.
Intention and results are two different things. I’m sure Wahoo “intended” to buy Speedplay to make money but whether those are the actual results are another issue entirely and depends more on business acumen.
As well, Speedplay as a company may have intended to make money from selling pedals whereas Wahoo as a buyer of the company may have -say- intended to make money from power meters and therefore only needed ownership of one pedal ecosystem.
I think this may be their purpose and they don’t care if the rest of the innovations go away or not. In fact, maybe the reason they’ve only stopped producing the other pedals is because they’re trying to sell that off and just keep the road pedals for a power meter product.