Is a recumbent bicycle a bicycle

[rydabent]

The UCI is not so pure when they claim they want pure DF bikes. They now allow the fantastic plastic wonders, the Carbon Fiber bikes that are molded into aerodynamic shapes.

Maybe that is because again mfg put pressure on the UCI to accept CF bikes because the mfg make huge profits on them. Purity would indicate that pure acceptable racing bikes should have plain round tubes.

 

[classic33]

The UCI is not so pure when they claim they want pure DF bikes. They now allow the fantastic plastic wonders, the Carbon Fiber bikes that are molded into aerodynamic shapes.

Maybe that is because again mfg put pressure on the UCI to accept CF bikes because the mfg make huge profits on them. Purity would indicate that pure acceptable racing bikes should have plain round tubes.

What are you trying to prove?
You asked the same questions elsewhere, and got nowhere.

 

[Alex321]

The UCI is not so pure when they claim they want pure DF bikes. They now allow the fantastic plastic wonders, the Carbon Fiber bikes that are molded into aerodynamic shapes.

Maybe that is because again mfg put pressure on the UCI to accept CF bikes because the mfg make huge profits on them.

They are still very much the basic shape though.

They don't allow the ones with single blade "forks", or the type without a seat tube (both of which exist, but are not allowed in UCI events).

I don't think they have ever specified what material the frame should be constructed from, and don't think any pressure would have been necessary for them to allow CF bikes. They DO limit tube shapes to some extent - you can't have them so deep that the front triangle is effectively solid, for instance.

 

[Alex321]

What are you trying to prove?
You asked the same questions elsewhere, and got nowhere.

I think he wants to be able to present recumbents not being allowed as a grievance.

 

[classic33]

I think he wants to be able to present recumbents not being allowed as a grievance.

I don't think unicycles are allowed in a UCI sanctioned event either.
But, as he's already pointed out, he's a trike rider, not a bicycle rider.

 

[Dogtrousers]

What are you trying to prove?

I think his point may be that the UCI is not so pure...

The UCI is not so pure when they claim ...

From last year ...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/i...pure-as-they-claim-to-be.296839/#post-7175277

 

[classic33]

I think his point may be that the UCI is not so pure...



From last year ...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/i...pure-as-they-claim-to-be.296839/#post-7175277

For which he continues to "argue" that electric assisted recumbent trikes, which is what he rides should be allowed into bike races.

 

[Red17]

It's hard to think of any sport where there are no restrictions on the equipment that can used.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I don't think unicycles are allowed in a UCI sanctioned event either.
But, as he's already pointed out, he's a trike rider, not a bicycle rider.

Are you sure?

Uni
Cycling
Institute

 

[classic33]

Are you sure?

Uni
Cycling
Institute

As far as I remember the UCI dictate two wheels.

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's hard to think of any sport where there are no restrictions on the equipment that can used.

Good point. I just tried and failed. Arm wrestling maybe?

 

[classic33]

Good point. I just tried and failed. Arm wrestling maybe?

Bandages under the clothing on the arm in use. Rings being worn on the holding hand...

 

[rydabent]

For which he continues to "argue" that electric assisted recumbent trikes, which is what he rides should be allowed into bike races.

Again not at all.

 

[classic33]

Again not at all.

Read what you've actually posted, here and elswhere.

 

[rydabent]

Read what you've actually posted, here and elswhere.

Any kind of electric assist, no matter what you are riding should not be allowed in a race. It makes no sense at all.