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Old 02-06-23, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave Mayer
Because the handicapped performance of these bikes doesn't matter. It does matter is the team leader has to climb 10 miles of steep switchbacks. That is when you use the sub-1,200 g low profile tubular wheels.
So a team will put it's non-leader riders on bikes that make it more difficult for them to do their job helping the leader as effectively as possible? That doesn't make much sense at all.

Do you have a source for this?
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