The UCI is banning the 'super tuck'
The UCI will start enforcing a ban on the "super tuck" start in April.
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Yeah, but given the dinosaurs running UCI, it'll be 25 years before they allow those posts.The whole topic is ridiculous when you consider how well these riders will be able to handle descents when the new modified lightweight dropper posts for road bikes come onto the market in - I dare say - five years or less.
I mean..if you're a gelding...So the 'Superman' is still allowed?
I read a thing today where Froome says he's still not happy with disc brakes. I don't know that they're dinosaurs..buttttt...they definitely move slowly and carefully..more like sloths....Yeah, but given the dinosaurs running UCI, it'll be 25 years before they allow those posts.
Lookiechew all psychic and stuff!!!!The whole topic is ridiculous when you consider how well these riders will be able to handle descents when the new modified lightweight dropper posts for road bikes come onto the market in - I dare say - five years or less.
I don't watch a ton of the pro peloton. Who/What prompted this "tuck rule"? I DO know that lightweight deep section wheels grab a ton of wind on exposed alpine descents. I also know that guys are essentially forced to size down 1 or 2 frame sizes to make stock geometry work (resulting in shorter wheelbase). Maybe I'm numb to it, but thinking about it now, I HAVE noticed the "super tuck" being utilized in odd locations and by riders of no consequence to the race. But was there some specific incident?Anybody done the super-tuck? I do it now and again for fun, used to do it more way back when I was ummm...more flexible... It's not a very stable position..I'm not sure I agree with the banning it..they're more than likely going to wipe out themselves..I don't even know how much faster it is.
As for bottles..to me that's just primadonna behaviour..like, I'm too good to bother throwing this bottle an extra 10' off the road. They sure can toss'em when they're pist off at other riders! Just lazy and stupid move. Imagine if someone threw a bottle under your front wheel on your local hero route...
I saw the Chris Froome video that you're referencing. Looooong time Froome hater here, but I actually respect his opinion, and agree with him. I still prefer a properly set-up DuraAce caliper on a machined metal rim for feel, performance, and consistency. But... I LOVE thru-axles on the road, and simply won't give them back! You apparently don't get one without the other, so disc brakes it is.I read a thing today where Froome says he's still not happy with disc brakes. I don't know that they're dinosaurs..buttttt...they definitely move slowly and carefully..more like sloths....
I don't know of any specific incident..but generally, it can be a gnarly position if you need to maneuver the bike at all. I suppose this is a bit of closing the barn door before the horses get out. It reminds me a bit of the toxic wax debate in skiing. If everyone has the same rule, I don't see what the issue is. But..competitors wanna win..and many would run their competitors into the barriers to win...I don't watch a ton of the pro peloton. Who/What prompted this "tuck rule"? I DO know that lightweight deep section wheels grab a ton of wind on exposed alpine descents. I also know that guys are essentially forced to size down 1 or 2 frame sizes to make stock geometry work (resulting in shorter wheelbase). Maybe I'm numb to it, but thinking about it now, I HAVE noticed the "super tuck" being utilized in odd locations and by riders of no consequence to the race. But was there some specific incident?
But was there some specific incident?
I read a thing today where Froome says he's still not happy with disc brakes.
Yeah..they take forever to move away from tried and true, that's for sure. Go with what brung ya there I guess..Pro riders are dinosaurs; they cement whatever they were taught in their junior years. Remember when Contador didn't like aero wheels - mostly because Manolo Saiz hated them?
To me that looks like she hit a bump or lost traction..bobbled..ended up in a wobble and just didn't have the time and space for her to sort it out. Not being on the saddle probably didn't help. I've only had motorcycle speed wobbles and the time and panic factors mean you're sometimes really not doing much except thinking about how stupid you were to die like this...There was a rather shocking in-competition incident but it wasn't a peloton incident. I am, of course, referring to Chloe Dygert's crash shown here:
To me that looks like she hit a bump or lost traction..bobbled..ended up in a wobble and just didn't have the time and space for her to sort it out. Not being on the saddle probably didn't help. I've only had motorcycle speed wobbles and the time and panic factors mean you're sometimes really not doing much except thinking about how stupid you were to die like this...