Chris_ Posted February 9, 2021 Share What has happened that the UCI is setting these restrictions suddenly? Super tuck, and now riding with your forearms resting on the top of your handlebars ('invisible aero' I see it being termed) also banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted February 9, 2021 Share What has happened that the UCI is setting these restrictions suddenly? Super tuck, and now riding with your forearms resting on the top of your handlebars ('invisible aero' I see it being termed) also banned. gerriemtb, shaper, Yyyy and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakkals. Posted February 9, 2021 Share since the democrats won the elections...liberalism uber alles. Edited February 9, 2021 by Jakkals. PlemPlem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 9, 2021 Share It's like the EFF, shout randomly in a vain attempt to remain relevant. nickc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted February 9, 2021 Share The forearms thing will definitely push Tony Martin to retirement Underachiever, Pure Savage and Vetplant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted February 9, 2021 Share I would be cool to get the honest inside scoop as to what the pro-team hubbers are getting from the tour riders. Cunning-Stunt and Vetplant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted February 9, 2021 Share I saw some comment from UCI saying that while the pro's are not crashing there are amateurs that see the pros doing it and try it and crash.Then they may as well ban just about all sport all together. ChrisF, MDJ, coppi and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted February 9, 2021 Share It seems they are also making moves on the finish barrier standards. Some interim barrier rules for 2021 and then more stringent come 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxU4dn07HY At least they are finally taking a step in the right direction here. Chris_ and coppi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted February 9, 2021 Share What has happened that the UCI is setting these restrictions suddenly? Super tuck, and now riding with your forearms resting on the top of your handlebars ('invisible aero' I see it being termed) also banned. Last year during one of the Grand Tours Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg posted on Twitter that he thought riding in the TT position on the road bike whilst in the peloton was dangerous for a number of reasons and he received many mixed thoughts from alot of the Pro peloton and obviously from all of Twitterlandria. Just very surprised that UCI are banning riders from doing things which have not caused any accidents(as yet) as apposed to taking the responsibility and starting with things which are actually theirs to take care of like safer barriers for a start. Next up they going to ban the drops and we all going to be riding with straight bars. Vetplant, Long Wheel Base, Chris_ and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted February 9, 2021 Share What has happened that the UCI is setting these restrictions suddenly? Super tuck, and now riding with your forearms resting on the top of your handlebars ('invisible aero' I see it being termed) also banned.So hear me out here. If no-one does it henceforth, there is no need to do it by anyone. Right? You do the super-tuck to gain an aero advantage, but the group you are chasing or is chasing you, is also employing the supertuck/invisible aero. So there is no advantage if both groups are doing it in equal measure, or even more specifically, there is no disadvantage if both groups don't do it in equal terms. Looking back at the Armstrong days, you could only win by doping, because everybody doped. The current supertuck is such that, you need to supertuck, because everyone is doing it. Or am I mistaken? PS. I think it is bollocks for the UCI to dictate this kind of thing on rider position, but the nett-effect could be Zero if everyone plays ball. David Marshall, jimmycool and ChrisF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted February 9, 2021 Share This was funny.... gerriemtb, Hacc, PlemPlem and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edereese Posted February 9, 2021 Share I always admired this. JohanDiv, FondTF2, Pure Savage and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underachiever Posted February 9, 2021 Share I saw some comment from UCI saying that while the pro's are not crashing there are amateurs that see the pros doing it and try it and crash.Then they may as well ban just about all sport all together.Danny Macaskill and Viola Brand is then banned from riding altogether. What's next - no more Sagan wheelies? Don't exceed 40kph on a lekker downhill? Long Wheel Base and Vetplant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted February 9, 2021 Share The last time I invisible-aero-tucked my bike had cables coming out of the side of the shifters. So I felt fine holding on to one of those with half a finger - now it obviously wouldn't have helped fokol if something happened but it was a tiny kind of safety-blanket feeling. Now though if I rest on the bars, it's not long till Joburgs stunningly surfaced roads and the fear get me back up. DieselnDust, wolf1969 and Vetplant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 9, 2021 Share So hear me out here. If no-one does it henceforth, there is no need to do it by anyone. Right? You do the super-tuck to gain an aero advantage, but the group you are chasing or is chasing you, is also employing the supertuck/invisible aero. So there is no advantage if both groups are doing it in equal measure, or even more specifically, there is no disadvantage if both groups don't do it in equal terms. The current supertuck is such that, you need to supertuck, because everyone is doing it. Or am I mistaken? PS. I think it is bollocks for the UCI to dictate this kind of thing on rider position, but the nett-effect could be Zero if everyone plays ball.The supertuck deserved to be banned on aesthetics alone. I 100% support the irrelevant UCI on this. Underachiever, Vetplant, NickGM and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 9, 2021 Share The last time I invisible-aero-tucked my bike had cables coming out of the side of the shifters. So I felt fine holding on to one of those with half a finger - now it obviously wouldn't have helped fokol if something happened but it was a tiny kind of safety-blanket feeling. Now though if I rest on the bars, it's not long till Joburgs stunningly surfaced roads and the fear get me back up.So, the theory that it's banned because it might cause amateurs to crash is justified? I can just imagine the carnage if some mid-pack muppet tries this at the Aurgust. Edited February 9, 2021 by TNT1 Vetplant and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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