When someone wins an olympic event or whatever biking competition with this, we'll know if it's the real deal or not.
For the normal consumer, probably more about price than anything else, unless it enables better electric/motors, etc.
For the normal consumer, probably more about price than anything else, unless it enables better electric/motors, etc.
This way just be the bubble that I live in, but I think the average cyclist that I know cares more about tech and marginal performance rather than price. New (performance) bikes commonly sell for thousands of dollars. It's not a world that seems especially price sensitive.
We've had bikes that can go over 100 km/h since decades and they aren't legal in biking sports because of these rules so bikers in sports only go about half that fast.