Mike Murray
The Olympics will be run under UCI rules. You can see them on the UCI web
site. The bike rules are in a PDF at
http://62.50.72.82/imgArchive/AboutUCI/A1gene04.pdf.
The UCI weight limit applies to all bikes. The ostensible reason for the
limit is to keep riders from using dangerously light bikes but clearly the
rule does not work since many "normal" track bikes will be below 6.8 kg
whereas a 6.8 kg mountain bike is probably by definition dangerous with
current technology. In addition, a total weight does not prohibit the use
of "stupid light" components as has been demonstrated by the recent increase
in breakage of handlebars in pro races.
USAC is moving to adopting UCI rules lock step. It remains to be seen if
this will lead to the, to my mind, stupid situation of riders adding ballast
weights to there track bikes, Cannondales, etc. For the near future this
will not effect us in Oregon much since most races are run with OBRA rules
which do not have a weight limit or any of the other dumb UCI rules.
Mike Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: Clark Ritchie [mailto:clarkr-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 13:03 PM
To: OBRA
Subject: [OBRA Chat] 6.8kg limit on track bikes?
Do Olympic track bikes have the same or similar weight
restrictions as the 6.8kg limit that the UCI imposes
on road bikes?
I was just reading the New York Times' primer on
Olympic cycling and they mentioned this specifically
in the context of track bikes. Of course they also
said that the road race will feature bikers (sic)
using "up to 16 gears".
...CDR
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