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It would be more interesting if it was legal with some reasonable limitations. It could be one more reason for boosting the battery technology.

• deelowe 11y ago
  I think they should allow it, but only with capacitors that are shorted prior to start. This way, it can only be used to improve efficiency.
  • eru 11y ago
    If the people making the regulations were interested in efficiency, everyone would be racing in a fully covered recumbent bike. (They don't, because the regulations don't allow it.)
    • deelowe 11y ago
      Yet they allow advanced alloys and other materials. There's obviously a balance. This is typical in racing.
      • eru 11y ago
        Yes. One guiding principle of the regulations seems to be that they have to produce a bike that looks `normal' on TV.
• eru 11y ago
  Nah, the market is such so much smaller than for phones (and even cars).
• Too 11y ago
  This is interesting yeah, put an upper weight limit on the bike and see how fast and long a human can go with only 10kg of technology.