GrumpyGregry
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I think that if restrictions were not applied it could still be mostly about rider ability because as each innovation in design is introduced all the teams and riders would eventually adopt them if they proved to be sucsessful. Well that's what I think would happen but I am very naive about the subject.
I was just wondering really whether it would be good for bike design in very broad terms if pro cycling adopted a system more akin to F1 cars where there is a definite link to the manufacturing industry in the form of the constructors championship. I am aware that F1 have a huge amount of rules and restrictions to try and keep things within certain levels but we still see technologies used in F1 translated and adapted for use in every day road cars.
you are right, over time, but for the season in which one team has significant technical advantage in their discipline over others they reign supreme with inferior riders. why it is almost like doping!

As Dell has said, if we forget about tubes and move away from victorian technology to more modern materials and manufacturing techniques the world becomes our oyster. trouble is cyclists are very conservative