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I am wondering how long before only one bike is allowed for the stage, and there are tamper-evident seals on the bottom bracket for all bikes. This said I wond
by tetraodonpuffer 11y ago
I am wondering how long before only one bike is allowed for the stage, and there are tamper-evident seals on the bottom bracket for all bikes.
This said I wonder what principle(s) the "handheld detector" was operating under, maybe it could detect the winding(s) of the electrical motor via inductance or something?
- alistairSH 11y agoIn cyclocross, a single bike is a non-starter. Muddy courses lead to frequent bike changes and fast pit exchanges are part of the sport (not unlike pit stops in F1). Even at the amateur level, the top racers have two bikes and a mechanic in the pit to hand-off and clean bikes when the racer swaps them out.
- userbinator 11y agoI think what the parent might be meaning is that a single manufacturer produces all the bikes, so they're exactly the same, there's tamper-evident seals, and the teams are given the bikes just before the race. This sort of high-tech cheating reminds me of Smokey Yunick's various tricks ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick )
- sharkweek 11y agoWay too much money in having the big name bike sponsors all involved.