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The Aluminium Cricket bat was controversial in the 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComBathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComBat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by gadders 2y ago
The Aluminium Cricket bat was controversial in the 70's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComBathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComBat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComBathttps://en.wikipedia.org...
I guess other (banned) examples would be the LZR swim suits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZR_Racer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZR_Racer) and the Nike Vaporfly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Vaporfly_and_Tokyo_2020_Olympics_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Vaporfly_and_Tokyo_2020_O...)
I think I am also right in saying that you can buy a road bike that is better than the ones permitted in the Tour de France.
- soared 2y agoA very small number of teams aren’t well funded, have sponsorship issues, or whatever else and actually run less than top end components. I don’t recall who but there were bikes at either TDF or vuelta maybe last year with group sets which you could’ve just gone to the store and bought better ones.
- lapetitejort 2y ago> I think I am also right in saying that you can buy a road bike that is better than the ones permitted in the Tour de France. Recumbent bikes have been banned since 1934[0]! Remarkable machines. I'd love to ride one in a civilized location one day. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle