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Nerd Alert podcast: Your next road bike might look like an airplane
Welcome back to the CyclingTips Nerd Alert podcast. In this episode we discuss two things related to the UCI: one is a rule we’d like to see and the other is a rule we will see. The UCI has a lot of silly technical rules, but there’s one that isn’t on the books that could …
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New UCI tech rules leaked: Is bike design about to get a shake-up?
It came via email from a secret industry insider. A brief amendment to the UCI technical regulations, apparently approved by the sport’s governing body, and applicable from the start of 2021. In it is a bunch of interesting additions, changes and removals, all in red. The new rulings are applicable to road, track, time trial …
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Factor Ostro VAM: The exclusive first-ride review
Factor, a manufacturer focussed on producing performance carbon bikes, calls it the road bike quiver-killer. A disc-equipped aero bike that can be built to the UCI weight limit but that’s comfortable enough to race at Paris-Roubaix. Or put another way, most road bikes are traditionally grouped into three segments. You have the lightweight climbing bike, …
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