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Originally Posted by gycho77
atl least they can make a tubing that looks like a knife

Smiliar to old Look Time Trial bike
I think that would be legal again. But, remember, they are simply undoing a rule that they made around 4 years ago. We didn't have bikes like the LOOK 5 years ago. The Specialized Shiv was the closest, I guess:



Originally Posted by taras0000
With the E-Bikes that they are using, I don't understand why they couldn't just use a microprocessor to control the speed. Derny driver starts the bike in manual mode, get's it up to speed and pulls a trigger on the backstraight. Then it's all autopilot from there.
Yeah, that's a thought. Maybe the programming cost and risk are a deterrent? Who wants to ride an automatically accelerating motorbike?
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