The UCI is totally inconsistent.
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Yes cars really went down hill when they came out with front wheel drive. Having the front wheels hold up most of the weight, steer, brake, and drive the car forward is not really very bright. Then they put in 4 cylinder engines that really belong on ag equipment.
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There again, bikes with disc brakes have rims that are lighter, stronger, and more aero, therefore faster. Another fudge factor the UCI over looks. So their big point of man not the machine, is what they are trying to protect is out the window.
Then if you want to dig for an underlying theme to this thread, it is money corrupts.
Then if you want to dig for an underlying theme to this thread, it is money corrupts.
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So this settles the BIKE vs rider argument. LOL.
95% of aero is the PELOTON. LOL.
95% of aero is the PELOTON. LOL.
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I imagine it's a lot cheaper for teams to just have ONE model of TT bike which works in all conditions, since the race doesn't wait for nice weather.
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There would be no point in having 2 brake specs unless there was a clear performance advantage. For a couple of years in the World Tour we saw a few climbing bikes remaining with rim brakes, notably Pog’s Colnago, where he alternated with the disc version for specific stages to save a few grams in the big mountains. But that wouldn’t matter on a TT bike. Now that the aero is optimised around disc brakes and they actually brake better, there is no reason to make a rim brake version.
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And I consider your post a personal attack, and adds nothing to the title of the thread. It also attacks freedom of speech. This being an open forum means that all view points should be posted, not everyone, and certainly me does not adhere to a very narrow view point of cycling.
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And I consider your post a personal attack, and adds nothing to the title of the thread. It also attacks freedom of speech. This being an open forum means that all view points should be posted, not everyone, and certainly me does not adhere to a very narrow view point of cycling.
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From what you post here basically proves that the UCI do not maintain rules of purity ----------its the man and not the machine. Do not honor old records.
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It’s just a different machine. Let’s imagine UCI records had started using Penny Farthings. Would that mean that every subsequent record for the next 1000 years had to be set using a Penny Farthing?
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Yep, the racing and industry big wigs decided the diamond frame was a “real” bike and left out recumbents.
The temptation is to optimize one parameter at the expense of all others. Yes, we could optimize the sanctity of past records by freezing bicycle innovation, or we could allow fairings and optimize current speeds. The rule makers are trying to find a workable solution with many different parameters. There’s much more to competition than keeping a level playing field for the past record holders. Everyone knows that the old timers set their records on worse equipment, with less knowledge of training, with less focus on one particular record. It’s a common pastime to wonder what such and so would have done if they competed today.
Or how about Cavendish tying Mercx for the tour win record? Since every competitor has the same access to tech, the records should be comparable, right? But mercx won all kinds of stages, kicked butt all year, and Cav is a sprint specialist. The riders are very different, and their 34 wins are very different, but that’s the record they share.
Yep, the racing and industry big wigs decided the diamond frame was a “real” bike and left out recumbents.
The temptation is to optimize one parameter at the expense of all others. Yes, we could optimize the sanctity of past records by freezing bicycle innovation, or we could allow fairings and optimize current speeds. The rule makers are trying to find a workable solution with many different parameters. There’s much more to competition than keeping a level playing field for the past record holders. Everyone knows that the old timers set their records on worse equipment, with less knowledge of training, with less focus on one particular record. It’s a common pastime to wonder what such and so would have done if they competed today.
Or how about Cavendish tying Mercx for the tour win record? Since every competitor has the same access to tech, the records should be comparable, right? But mercx won all kinds of stages, kicked butt all year, and Cav is a sprint specialist. The riders are very different, and their 34 wins are very different, but that’s the record they share.
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It would be nice if you censored all the usual suspects that post personal attacks and snide remarks against me. You know, the ones that hate the kind of cycling I do.
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It would be nice if you censored all the usual suspects that post personal attacks and snide remarks against me. You know, the ones that hate the kind of cycling I do.
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