Originally Posted by g_taco
This whole high-tech bike craze is stupid and arguably unfair to the athletes. It has become the battle of technologies more than battle of humans. Bring on the keirin. It is about time olympic committe impose stringest rules on the weight, aerodynamics etc. to make the playing field even (and I am talking of all the bikers in poor countries who could very well be better bicyclists, and who cannot afford these monstrocities).
p.s. my rant is not aimed at the original poster or any of you. just venting.
This is the only problem with the whole underground cycling thing is that since people don't follow the rules they don't realize the how many regulations and rules the international organizations lay down. I know in the tour de france many teams were scraping the bottom with the weight limits and thats it is illegal to add aerodynamic parts to your bikes. Go to the international cycling federations website and download the rule book or to the tour de france site and download there rule book. The only reason those bikes are becoming so aero is because you can make a fame or wheel areo but you can't add something to it to make it aero, like wheel covers are banded but disc wheels are not. Also don't forget they have band the aero bars in track racing. There's allot more force in the racing world that meets the eye.