Well the UCI continue to behave like the bunch of cretins they are worrying more about the minor things that have no significance or inconvenience people for no reason.
[quote]Moreover, modifying equipment used in competition in relation to products supplied by the manufacturer is prohibited for obvious safety reasons. Whether it is a matter of modifying the length of the saddle, adapting approved wheels, filing off fork drop-out safety lugs, meeting the 3:1 rule by adding tape to handlebars or adding a nonslip system on the saddle, no modification of equipment that is not conducted by the manufacturer is authorised by the UCI without prior approval. The check of the filing off of fork drop-out safety lugs will start in 2013.
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by Andrew G » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:49 pm
Why do they want to stop riders staying on their saddles? All it means is that some of the riders had to tilt their saddles up for the prologue rather than rough up the front of the saddle - not a problem I have TTing particularly but if they do why stop them, hardly cheating. Must be bloody uncomfortable.
Filing of fork lugs! Ever road race rider with a support vehicle will do this to speed up a wheel change. I can't imagine the teams complying with this so they can waste time faffing about. Any team with any sense pre-sets all their spare wheel quick releases to the correct length for a quick change. When did a front quick release last pop open in a race?
Grip tape. Some riders use grip tape on TT bars, some prefer it as it's grippy, surprise surprise. Why want to stop riders having grippy bars? And why stop team fattening up bars with extra tape to meet the 3:1 rule? How does it give them an advantage?
Prototypes - Manufacturers will love that, they like to give teams prototypes to test in races and obviously don't want to submit lots of details about their clever new design in advance so everyone else can get a look at it.
Why care if the bottle cage behind the saddle has a bottle in it or not? Going to make sod all difference whether it has a cover or not unless it's a big one that acts as a fairing which would be blindingly obvious.
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Re: UCI - cretins...still
by Phil H » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:17 pm
Don't you realise that those are the most pressing issues in cycling? A grippy saddle is worth far more than EPO.
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Re: UCI - cretins...still
by Rogan » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:31 pm
Grippy stuff aside - There's some logic in the UCI guidance here. Sure it's not the most pressing issue in cycling right now which has got to be the 'in your face' win by Cavendish today...!!
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Re: UCI - cretins...still
by Andrew G » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:44 am
Just UCI speciality in making problems where there aren't ones.
Just ban camelbacks full stop rather than make a rule up that's full of holes. The length of TT a pro does they don't need more than one bottle. Why say they can use a camelback with one bottle's worth of water in, pointless and makes life difficult to faff about measuring at the start of a stage.
Just ban camelbacks full stop rather than make a rule up that's full of holes. The length of TT a pro does they don't need more than one bottle. Why say they can use a camelback with one bottle's worth of water in, pointless and makes life difficult to faff about measuring at the start of a stage.
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