Junior gear-style system could be entering the WorldTour with riders limited to 54x11, a move that hits SRAM setups hardest, in an attempt to improve safety
Gawd, I hate the UCI. The UCI’s fuckery holds back bicycling and innovation. Once in a while, the rules make sense for safety, e.g. aerobars banned for mass starts. But the rest of the time, they’re just pissing in the well.
I have no interest in racing or anything UCI-related. But those rules are shaping bicycle design and stuff that is banned by the UCI will vanish from the market or be extremely expensive as it is totally niche. I would like to have some aero-attachements on my bike, but since they are banned, they are simply not available.
And let’s be clear: At a certain level money can buy you victory. Show up with an expensive, state-of-the-art bike at your local race and you will have an advantage. You still need to produce the watts, but if the UCI really wants fairness, they need to standardize on a road bike for everyone with the same components and stats.
There are racing sports that are about the technology, then the constructors are a main component of the sport (like in F1), or the gear is standardized (at least to a point where there’s no meaningful difference).
Of course it won’t. The uci’s arbitrary rules have always been bullshit.
Gawd, I hate the UCI. The UCI’s fuckery holds back bicycling and innovation. Once in a while, the rules make sense for safety, e.g. aerobars banned for mass starts. But the rest of the time, they’re just pissing in the well.
I have no interest in racing or anything UCI-related. But those rules are shaping bicycle design and stuff that is banned by the UCI will vanish from the market or be extremely expensive as it is totally niche. I would like to have some aero-attachements on my bike, but since they are banned, they are simply not available.
And let’s be clear: At a certain level money can buy you victory. Show up with an expensive, state-of-the-art bike at your local race and you will have an advantage. You still need to produce the watts, but if the UCI really wants fairness, they need to standardize on a road bike for everyone with the same components and stats.
That’s what I don’t get.
There are racing sports that are about the technology, then the constructors are a main component of the sport (like in F1), or the gear is standardized (at least to a point where there’s no meaningful difference).