IMHO, you're absolutely nuts to believe a bike company, when it comes to these sorts of things - that's what an independent research company is for - or at reme

IMHO, you're absolutely nuts to believe a bike company, when it comes to these sorts of things - that's what an independent research company is for - or at remembering a basic part of experiments: it needs to be reproducable (and then verified) - this "shaved legs" hasn't seen that. Specialized has something to sell - their business practices, especially with their trademark protection, has been ridiculous, which has been a turn off to people who think clearly. The market for high-end bikes are people who can afford the bikes, which is usually not the people who would see any difference in buying the $2k bike, rather than the $15k bike. Specialized really doesn't want you to understand this, so they make wildly exaggerated claims about their equipment. People who benefit from fractions of a percent better performance usually are people who are sponsored by the bike company (and thus, get the bikes for free). A difference of a few seconds, over a 50km course makes sense for the elite time trialist, in the Pro tour, it makes 0 difference to your weekend warrior, doing an hour long crit. Who the heck am I? I'm someone that rides bikes, often for very long distances, to break records (which I do). Don't believe the hype, unless you don't especially have an interesting in holding onto your money. I'll concede only that my views are unpopular, but that certainly doesn't mean they're incorrect.