Michael O'Hair

Hmmm. At this rate, the rules will be changing soon to limit the number of
cogs, number of teeth on the cogs and chainrings, etc. Just like the weight
thing. Racers will do anything to get an edge. As well as getting free
gear. The problem, as has been pointed out, that the wannabe crowd is the
main market. The real racers will simply make sure that everyone else is
using the same gear they are and will then deal with it with the usual mix
of fitness, guile, cunning, and raw desire.

The nice part is that there really isn't a lot of places to "get creative"
with a bicycle. As Jobst Brandt pointed out, it's the most over-developed
piece of gear on the planet. The sad part is that the "engine" is the
target of creativity, hence the drug tests.

I propose that they turn back the clock on "general use" racing bikes.
Eight cogs max. Two rings max. Of course we could further back in time to
fixed gear one speed bikes. :>

That's my 2.4 cents.