Ban on wheels greater than 65mm

[simo1733]

I read someone comment on another web ste that the UCI are going to ban wheels deeper than 65mm from next year.Is it true?
Zipp 404s are 58mm.

 

[42x16ss]

303's are 42mm, 404's are 58mm, the only Zipps that would be banned are the 808, 1080 and Discs.

If this is true it is totally moronic

 

[simo1733]

Apparently the info came from Paul Lew , and Reynolds have redesigned their 66 to become a 62.

 

[Bustedknuckle]

Apparently the info came from Paul Lew , and Reynolds have redesigned their 66 to become a 62.

they ought to ban zipp......

 

[avanti]

Perhaps this rule, if thru, only applies to massed start road races.

 

[Master50]

At last years Tour of Alberta the race was on very windy courses. On the stage from Strathmore to Drumheller we got cross winds and the number of near crashes at the team cars when riders would try to put the last bottles in their jerseys would take both hands of the bars and the wind would steer their bikes especially those with deep section wheels. Just based on that I would support a limit on the depth of wheels in mass start races. They already are banning disks on the front at the track for mass start races.

 

[42x16ss]

At last years Tour of Alberta the race was on very windy courses. On the stage from Strathmore to Drumheller we got cross winds and the number of near crashes at the team cars when riders would try to put the last bottles in their jerseys would take both hands of the bars and the wind would steer their bikes especially those with deep section wheels. Just based on that I would support a limit on the depth of wheels in mass start races. They already are banning disks on the front at the track for mass start races.

Perth is one of the windiest places in the world yet 2/3's of the poseurs around here ride on deep carbon wheels ALL the time and it makes for some nervous moments in bunches. So I can see some reason to restrict wheel depth for outdoor mass start races but surely there is no need to restrict discs in the velodrome and what if someone wants to run 65mm+ wheels at a crit on a still day?

I thought these stupid "technical" decisions from the UCI would disappear with McQuaid and Verbruggen.

 

[simo1733]

It is only for massed start races.

 

[Master50]

Perth is one of the windiest places in the world yet 2/3's of the poseurs around here ride on deep carbon wheels ALL the time and it makes for some nervous moments in bunches. So I can see some reason to restrict wheel depth for outdoor mass start races but surely there is no need to restrict discs in the velodrome and what if someone wants to run 65mm+ wheels at a crit on a still day?

I thought these stupid "technical" decisions from the UCI would disappear with McQuaid and Verbruggen.

I thought I qualified that a little about disks on the front. It probably applies differently for indoor and outdoor, as well as mass start and bunch or sprint competitions. There are other things I am not familiar with as I don't keep up on the rule changes like when I worked in it. I am hoping for some simplification and smoothing of the equipment rules. They are very hard to enforce for technically savvy officials but not all Commissaires can perform repairs or are adept at machinery. Time trial checks have finally gotten simple enough that the rider does not have to attend. You may not know it but the commissaires took detailed body measurements over a couple of racing seasons to gather the data so the rules could be justifiably normalized. I get the UCI has a reputation for being stogy but they finally use engineers to rationalize the rules as well as find people that can humanize the engineering studies. The most recent bike rules for position is the first real evidence I have seen that gives me faith the technical rules are finally in good hands. I pray I am correct.