I am that out of date

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:01:22 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Monday, April 26, 2021 at 10:34:39 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:01:23 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:
But Trek and Specialized, two main stream sold everywhere bike brands
have bikes a LOT higher than a mere $6,000. Specialized SL7 is $13k.
Trek Madone SLR9 is $12.5k. The mid priced bikes from these two companies
are more than $6k.

I would guess those are intended for the pros with corporate sponsors.
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Jeff Liebermann

Well...all the bikes used by pro racers has to be available to the public to buy.

UCI Article 1.3.006
"Equipment shall be of a type that is sold for use by anyone practicing cycling as a sport."

Pro racing equipment is different than motor sport racing. F1, Indy, stock car. None of their cars/equipment is available to buy and use by the public. But the exact same bike, equipment, wheels, tires, handlebar tape, pedals, saddle used by pros can and maybe is bought by non racers. Its the law, rule.

Thanks. I didn't know that, which shows how little (or nothing) I
know about pro racing.

Digging through the clarifications, I found something of an exception
on Pg 6:
https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/equipment/clarificationguideoftheucitechnicalregulation-2018-05-02-eng_english.pdf
"Any equipment in development phase and not yet available for sale
(prototype) must be subject of an authorization request to the UCI
Equipment Unit before its use..."

"Upon expiry of the authorized period of use of a prototype (equipment
not yet available for sale), any item of equipment must be
commercially available in order to be used in cycling events."

It would seem that experimental prototypes, which are not yet
available for purchase, can be raced for a year, or more with an
extension. I can see various ways of exploiting the 1 year delay
before commercial availability by advertising a series of "limited
production" bicycles.

I wonder whether offering for sale a very high priced bicycle,
affordable by only a small part of the bicycle riding public,
represents "sold for use by anyone practicing cycling as a sport".

I also question whether the word "type" in "Equipment shall be of a
type that is sold for use by anyone practicing cycling as a sport".
really means that the actual bicycle being raced is being sold to the
public, or if the bicycle being raced is something similar but not
identical to the bicycle being raced. If similar, how similar? If
the intent was that the specific model bicycle being raced should also
be available for general consumption, why didn't the rule specifically
state something like "Equipment shall be identical to what is
currently and openly sold for use by anyone practicing cycling as a
sport"?

The intent of ARTICLE 1.3.006 seems quite genuine but I'm not so sure
about how it is codified or practiced.


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