Originally Posted by
genejockey
Also, why do people keep talking about going faster as something you only need/want to do if you're racing?
Most of going faster is training, next having a bike style suited to the riding (eg, if you want to go fast on roads a road bike not a hybrid)
This is theoretically 1% faster than that stuff is just pointless for the average person.
If it also makes total cost of ownership more expensive, it's a bad deal.