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> 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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At least weight saving is easily measurable and indisputable. Audiophilia focuses mostly on areas that are not so easily quantifiable.

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.

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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