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Originally Posted by Louis
The question in my mind is how much better do they need to be?
Yeah, shaped CF will be more aero than standard round-tube steel, and a bit lighter, but in the end, how significant are the differences and do they really matter. For me 99.99% of the time the answer is that steel is fine as it is today.
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I think the whole hand wavy charade re "new groupset tech" by the big three to find the next big thing without coming up w/ anything truly useful is a sign that road bike tech (aside from anything that can defend against getting run over by a giant SUV) has mostly matured...
Maybe 3D printing lattice structures to further reduce weight or bump up str? Or maybe composite resin/carbon/steel mixes? dunno...