Originally Posted by
pierce
i suspect if you get much under 15 lbs, you're rapidly approaching the point of single use ... you get one good race, and poof, its rebuild-everything time. and we'd start seeing a lot more catastrophic failures during races, which would not be good for the sport's already tarnished image.
Not at all. Many pro teams have their bikes so far under the 15 lb UCI limit that they have room to add power meters and still have to ballast them to pass tech inspection. These bikes are rugged enough to last a full season or more. Sure they are maintained after each race but that was also done decades ago with steel bikes weighting 50% more.