Originally Posted by
Phatman
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Anyways, I’ve dragged my own thread off topic, but it’s okay, it think this is an interesting subject too.
I think this may be closer to topic. The idea being classes and types of racing therefore equipment needed.
This is both in rider level/ability and roads/events they select. At the entertainment level (real pros) there will always be something tossed in to make it interesting. Id be happy if they just kept Grand Tour stages to pavement.
For beginners it makes complete sense to have a standard bike. No carbon :-) The gear thing I would not limit as I believe there is room to allow people to pedal how they want and some do better differently than others. There are some fixie races too that get pretty popular. But back to the top level - there are generally more staff than riders on the road at any one time. That level - it is always going to remain complex.