Realized I left my though incomplete here…as noted, if they bought the pedal business in the hopes of developing a power-pedal, that may be challenging. If, OTOH, Time had already developed a good amount of a power-pedal but lacked the resources to finish it off, then it is a different story. If that is the case, it could be a great purchase.
ETA - wait…duh. They already HAVE a pedal-based power system that they just discontinued. So do they move that tech over to Time pedals? If not, then this purchase makes even less sense to me.
But if they just plan to move it over, I’m not certain what they get from it. Time pedals have very limited road presence right now, so you’d have to either adopt a 3-bolt system for Time (which destroys the whole uniqueness of the brand) or you have to get people to adopt a whole new pedal-platform.
Hmmmm…