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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by jamil7 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:58AM (#40865529)
I get what you're saying but a part of the culture in my experience is tinkering and upgrading your bike, that doesn't have to necessitate spending huge amounts of money, especially if you do a lot of work yourself and buy parts second hand. The sport might appeal less with all that stripped away, but who knows maybe it would also be interesting to standardize some aspects.
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by gjadi on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:19AM (#40865708)
This sounds similar to windsurfing, tinkering with your board, sail size, fin size, etc. is a big part of the sport.

Yet, at the Olympics, the gear is the same for everyone.

Btw, I can't remember where, but I heard that, in the old editions of the Tour de France not all gears were allowed, shifters for example weren't allowed even though they were available to amateurs.

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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by Ekaros on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:00AM (#40865545)
Why not then allow motorcycles? They are just bikes upgraded with motors... Would make competition lot shorter too and interesting. Seeing them driving around without speed limits.
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by jamil7 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:07AM (#40865604)
I'm guessing because they don't meet the criteria to participate, what's your point?
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by Ekaros on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:14AM (#40865658)
That adding a motor would be upgrade and tinkering of a bike. So why should it not be allowed? Isn't it entirely in same spirit?
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by jamil7 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:43AM (#40865897)
Do you want me to enumerate the ways in which a bike is not a motorbike and the parameters in which people who are interested in bikes operate in their hobby or profession? Or are you asking why professional racing puts guidelines around what types of bikes can participate?
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by 1992spacemovie on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @10:45AM (#40866421)
You’re being disingenuous and down right annoying. By your logic why not just use a F-18 and win the race in 10 minutes? Stop being asinine.
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by skeeter2020 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:34AM (#40865817)
Not sure if you honestly believe this or just trying to be "edgy" but because a motorcycle is not a bicycle.
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens by bell-cot on Thursday July 04, 2024 @05:15AM (#40873506)
I assumed it was a reference to this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_doping

From a bit of reading, it sounds like there's a fairly widespread impression (or at least suspicion of) cheating. And that enforcement is quite weak, because the authorities care more about preventing public scandal than about preventing actual cheating.

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