Mike Murray

Karsten Hagen [mailto:hagenkt@mac.com] wrote:
"If two people of equal abilities start a TT at the same time of day during
the same weather conditions and one is on a standard road bike and one is on
a Felt DA with Zipp disc and Giro TT helmet ... the guy on the TT setup will
win; that is obvious."

The real question is "By how much?" If the difference is less than the
variability between a good day and a bad day then it is not significant.

Having yet another category for "traditional" equipment would only
perpetuates the myth that all this gee whiz equipment is effective and
needed. The playing field would still not be level because some guys would
be having a good day and others a bad. The field never gets level, if it
did all riders would have the same time.

Mike Murray