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A comment on Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike. Parent comment

Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by masklinn on Friday November 27, 2020 @01:47PM (#25231509)
> I'm a fluid dynamics researcher, and I'll tell you the money these people spend on "aero" and "weight saving" and "higher drivetrain efficiency" stuff is 99.9% snake oil. Unless you are among the top 1000 road bike racers in the world.

So, biking audiophilia.

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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by tigen on Friday November 27, 2020 @06:38PM (#25233582)
At least weight saving is easily measurable and indisputable. Audiophilia focuses mostly on areas that are not so easily quantifiable.
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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by darkerside on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:09PM (#25234910)
I've heard audiophilia derided as the practice of listening to the noise instead of the music, sand that was enough for me to get off the train and never think twice.
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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by locusm on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:29PM (#25235007)
Carbon frames are worth it for the damping factor alone if you ride for more than an hour a week IMHO.
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