Originally Posted by
UniChris
Most of going faster is training, next having a bike style suited to the riding.
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.
I've posted on other threads about my 25.5 mile midweek route, which I've ridden with 7 different bikes now. There's 4 minutes difference in best time between my newest bike (2020) and my oldest (1982). Same route, same rider, similar effort (based solely on HR, since they don't make power meters for Dura Ace 7200 cranks). Basically a 5% difference.