The UCI has a weight limit for bikes set at around 16lbs. Does the USCF have such a weight limit?
In my opinon, these super light carbon and Ti bikes are a silly waste of money. We should all just lobby the USCF to set the weight limit at 22lbs and then laugh at the guys with carbon bikes and seven pound weights hanging from the top tube. If the bikes all weighed the same then the best athete would win the races rather then having the race win go to the guy who paided $10k for his BICYCLE. We all can vote in the USCF so think about it if we could get the rule changed imagine what other things we could spend the money on.
While we are at it, we should roll back the rules and get rid of disk wheels, tri spoke, and those silly ultra light carbon rimmed wheels where the brake pads don't work. These silly wheels have turned the race of truth into the race of $$$. At my last TT, I road 32 spokes and lost by around 20 seconds in 10 miles to a guy with a front tri spoke and a rear disk wheel.
In my opinon, these super light carbon and Ti bikes are a silly waste of money. We should all just lobby the USCF to set the weight limit at 22lbs and then laugh at the guys with carbon bikes and seven pound weights hanging from the top tube. If the bikes all weighed the same then the best athete would win the races rather then having the race win go to the guy who paided $10k for his BICYCLE. We all can vote in the USCF so think about it if we could get the rule changed imagine what other things we could spend the money on.
While we are at it, we should roll back the rules and get rid of disk wheels, tri spoke, and those silly ultra light carbon rimmed wheels where the brake pads don't work. These silly wheels have turned the race of truth into the race of $$$. At my last TT, I road 32 spokes and lost by around 20 seconds in 10 miles to a guy with a front tri spoke and a rear disk wheel.