Shift light on a road bike.... Why?

[Birky_41]

lindrup119 said:

regularly on the Commute GP

This made me laugh. Few my my lot often call certain roads in Essex #IsleOfEssexTT or similar

[MrGman]

FunkyNige said:

Me too on my Street, I think the red line is at 13k so I've set it for all the lights to come be on at 12k but on the Street I've got a few more changes until I'm in licence-losing territory.
Combined with the also pointless-on-road-bike quickshifter it is fun to go up through the gears, changing when all the lights come on like an F1 car...

This is just it though, yeah, the shift lights aren't really needed on the road, much like the quick shifter BUT as you say they're both fun to have, do we need more of a reason?

[phil4]

Since I'm usually looking as far down the road as I possibly can I always fail to notice the lights come on. Same in the car fwiw.

I'm sure it's my fault for one reason or another, but always saw them as a bit of a gimmick.