On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 07:15:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 6:57:05 PM UTC-7, John B. wrote:

If you give the average TdeF
rider the choice between a super light bike or an un-bustable bike,
which one will they select?

If you give him the choice of a super light bike with a possible fatal result and a not quite as light bike that is much more likely to get him home, what do you suppose he would select?

Read up on "The Goldman Dilemma".

Bob Goldman asked world-class athletes in combat and power sports "If
I had a magic drug that was so fantastic that if you took it once you
would win every competition you would enter from the Olympic Decathlon
to the Mr Universe, for the next five years but it had one minor
drawback, it would kill you five years after you took it, would you
still take the drug?"

He found that more than half said they would take it. This result was
consistent in his findings over a period from 1982 to 1995.
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Cheers,

John B.