Old 12-02-18, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 63rickert
The UCI rule is a minimum setback of 5cm. More than that is fine. What the rule wants is that racers should be on fairly normal bikes, and safe bikes, and not be doing anything extreme. Your Mondonico would qualify easily.
As rules go, the UCI is kind of poor since it refers to saddle nose position, not some point that has something to do with comfort or leverage. It also doesn't accommodate a range of saddles.
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