Re: Why is the tdf getting shorter?

[Bill C]

On Jul 7, 6:16 am, John Forrest Tomlinson <usenetrem...@jt10000.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:47:28 +0930, Michael Warner <m...@westnet.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:39:29 -0700, hizar...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >> The weight rule has been ridiculous from it's inception. The UCI
> >> should have implemented a set of uniform safety standards and testing
> >> if this were the case.
>
> >Unless teams are pressuring riders to use stupid-light stuff in order to
> >still fit power-measuring hubs etc and come in at the weight limit, it
> >seems like a pretty sensible, clear-cut rule to me.
>
> It's far more operationally feasible than testing material for
> strength. Scales are easy to use.
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You'd think regulation for weight wouldn't be needed, and would be
self correcting in this open market. If a product was a "stupid light"
bad design the images of the crashes and press coverage would be a
much bigger penalty to the companies' images and sales than the crap
from the UCI.
When the stuff is this public you can't hide defective garbage. It
would drive companies to produce better all around designs, or at
least well designed gimmicks if they wanted to sell bikes. Cost really
shouldn't be an issue, especially in comparison with, say,
motorsports.
Bill C

[Tom Kunich]

"Bill C" <tritonrider@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:1183943600.434568.238190@q75g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
>
> You'd think regulation for weight wouldn't be needed, and would be
> self correcting in this open market. If a product was a "stupid light"
> bad design the images of the crashes and press coverage would be a
> much bigger penalty to the companies' images and sales than the crap
> from the UCI.
> When the stuff is this public you can't hide defective garbage. It
> would drive companies to produce better all around designs, or at
> least well designed gimmicks if they wanted to sell bikes. Cost really
> shouldn't be an issue, especially in comparison with, say,
> motorsports.

The real problem is the fans who will buy ANYTHING based on who has the
lightest weight and not whether or not it is safe. What about those wheels
with the kevlar spokes that broke spokes for years but people kept buying
them because they were advertised as the lightest?

[Davey Crockett]

Bill C <tritonrider@verizon.net> writes:

>
> You'd think regulation for weight wouldn't be needed, and would be
> self correcting in this open market. If a product was a "stupid light"
> bad design the images of the crashes and press coverage would be a
> much bigger penalty to the companies' images and sales than the crap
> from the UCI.
> When the stuff is this public you can't hide defective garbage. It
> would drive companies to produce better all around designs, or at
> least well designed gimmicks if they wanted to sell bikes. Cost really
> shouldn't be an issue, especially in comparison with, say,
> motorsports.
> Bill C
>

It never seemed to deter Crash-N-Fail CannnnnnnnnnonDaaaaaaaaaaaaaale

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[Bill C]

On Jul 9, 2:04 am, Davey Crockett <d4Qaveycrock...@azurservers.com>
wrote:
> Bill C <tritonri...@verizon.net> writes:
>
> > You'd think regulation for weight wouldn't be needed, and would be
> > self correcting in this open market. If a product was a "stupid light"
> > bad design the images of the crashes and press coverage would be a
> > much bigger penalty to the companies' images and sales than the crap
> > from the UCI.
> > When the stuff is this public you can't hide defective garbage. It
> > would drive companies to produce better all around designs, or at
> > least well designed gimmicks if they wanted to sell bikes. Cost really
> > shouldn't be an issue, especially in comparison with, say,
> > motorsports.
> > Bill C
>
> It never seemed to deter Crash-N-Fail CannnnnnnnnnonDaaaaaaaaaaaaaale
>
> --
> Davey Crockett - No 4Q to Reply
> -
> Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity
> and a blind desire for safety and security.

I guess the only response to both you and Tom would be that every time
we think we've seen it all someone invents better idiots to buy the
stuff. Tghen again that's one where I'm all in favor of Darwin.
If they see this **** failing, and people sanding off body parts due
to it and still buy it I hope they at least yell "Hey Y'all Watch
This!!" first.
Bill C