So I suppose professional biking is getting crashier.
One doable answer?
Heavier bikes!
This could introduce “larger elements of security,’ which is a flowery means of claiming…security:
Why use one phrase when you should utilize 4? Why name Froot Loops “scrumptious” when you may say they’ve a “larger issue of deliciousness?” I suppose it’s the identical cause bike reviewers can not point out “worth” and as an alternative should check with “worth level.” Does anyone stroll right into a bodega and say, “Hey, my man, what’s the value level on these Tic Tacs?” No they don’t. I do not know what the distinction between “worth” and “worth level” is, however I do suppose they need to take all of it the way in which and go together with “worth level issue.”
However sure, I agree a motorbike with a larger issue of weight would introduce a larger issue of security–with the additional advantage that it could most likely cut back the value level issue significantly. I’d begin with a extra sturdy body materials, then increase the bars a bit and broaden the wheelbase issue for added stability, and maybe even enhance the tire width issue for larger traction and higher shock absorption. All of this could little doubt have the additional advantage of an elevated issue of consolation, which might lead to a correspondingly lowered issue of exhaustion on the finish of a protracted stage, in the end enhancing the issue of security even additional. Actually, the UCI is already working with bicycle designers as I sort this, and I simply occur to have spy pictures of a prototype:
And in the event that they actually wish to introduce a larger issue of security enhancement, they need to eliminate the press motorbikes and provides every rider an analog digicam to maintain in his waxed handlebar bag, type of like when individuals hand out these disposable cameras at weddings. Then after the race they may develop the pictures and launch them to the media. Downside solved.
Talking of non sequiturs, right here’s one–once I consider my formative bicycling years, one model that stands out maybe greater than every other is GT:
[From here.]
I by no means had a GT bike, however I did have varied GT elements, like handlebars, and a layback seatpost, and tires I believed had been tremendous cool as a result of they got here in colours and had knobs that spelled out “GT.” I additionally bear in mind the winged brand that mentioned “Huntington Seaside, CA” on it:
As a child in dreary New York thumbing by means of magazines, it appeared like life in California should be an countless existence of ramps, empty swimming pools, BMX bikes and skateboards, and Black Flag exhibits.
Anyway, regardless that GT has one thing of a Proustian impact on me, I haven’t paid consideration to them in fairly awhile–and presumably I’m not alone, as a result of it feels like this can be the tip:
The story notes GT’s BMX, mountain bike, and street legacy:
And naturally additionally they equipped bikes for the US Nationwide Group:
[GT Superbike, via Classic Cycle]
And who may neglect this?
[Also via Classic Cycle]
However aside from the BMX bikes of my youth, the opposite factor I most affiliate with them is their aluminum bikes of the late ’90s and early aughts:
[Via here]
It looks like they grew to become simply one other Pon model, however possibly as an alternative they need to have reinvented themselves as a throwback aluminum bike firm. In any case, aluminum is the brand new metal–simply ask Ultraromance, who’s made a cottage trade of bringing again the types of ’90s-era aluminum bikes that had been as soon as GT’s inventory in commerce:
And what concerning the GTB?
[From here.]
Regardless of being fully unremarkable aside from the triple triangle, it’s turn out to be a cult traditional. Have you ever seen what individuals need for these items?
I imply get actual:
Mockingly, if GT had merely introduced again the GTB precisely because it was and bought it and nothing else, they’d most likely be thriving proper now. However as an alternative it looks like they’re promoting a bunch of bikes no one actually requested them for as a result of each different firm will promote you just about the very same factor:
There’s nonetheless time, GT. Carry again the Zaskar, the GT ZR-whatever the Lotto street bike was, and the GTB, unchanged. That’s all you want. You may’t miss.
