{"id":241573,"date":"2025-07-06T02:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/241573\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T02:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T02:15:12","slug":"we-tried-to-find-a-bike-thats-legal-under-new-uci-rules-we-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/241573\/","title":{"rendered":"We tried to find a bike that’s legal under new UCI rules \u2013 we failed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We measured some 50 bikes at the Tour de France \u2013 every one will be illegal on January 1 under the UCI\u2019s proposed hood-width regulation.<\/p>\n

\"Ronan<\/p>\n

Ronan Mc Laughlin<\/p>\n

As the Tour de France took over Lille the past few days, I had a simple question I wanted answered: how many bikes fall afoul of the UCI\u2019s proposed new handlebar and lever-width rules<\/a>? The new rules, announced last month to much backlash, are being framed as a safety measure, but the surprise to me was not that I found soon-to-be-illegal bikes, but that I couldn\u2019t find a single bike that would still be legal when the new rules are applied.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rule isn\u2019t due to come into effect until January 1st, but the tech zone offered a rare chance to see where the current peloton stands. So, armed with a tape measure, I began my checks, until, as it turns out, several teams didn\u2019t quite like the idea of me measuring their bars. So I improvised. I found a stick broken off a tree, measured it exactly to 32 cm, then snapped it at the mark. Armed with the makeshift \u2013\u00a0and more discrete \u2013\u00a0compliance gauge, I quietly started working my way through team setups.<\/p>\n

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