So I assume professional biking is getting crashier.
One doable resolution?
Heavier bikes!
This could introduce “better components of security,’ which is a flowery approach of claiming…security:
Why use one phrase when you should use 4? Why name Froot Loops “scrumptious” when you’ll be able to say they’ve a “increased issue of deliciousness?” I assume it’s the identical purpose bike reviewers can not point out “value” and as an alternative must consult with “value level.” Does anyone stroll right into a bodega and say, “Hey, my man, what’s the worth level on these Tic Tacs?” No they don’t. I do not know what the distinction between “value” and “value level” is, however I do suppose they need to take all of it the way in which and go along with “value level issue.”
However sure, I agree a motorcycle with a better issue of weight would introduce a better issue of security–with the additional advantage that it could in all probability cut back the worth level issue significantly. I’d begin with a extra sturdy body materials, then elevate the bars a bit and increase the wheelbase issue for added stability, and maybe even improve the tire width issue for better traction and higher shock absorption. All of this may little question have the additional advantage of an elevated issue of consolation, which might end in a correspondingly decreased issue of exhaustion on the finish of a protracted stage, finally enhancing the issue of security even additional. In truth, 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 better issue of security enhancement, they need to eliminate the press motorbikes and provides every rider an analog digital camera to maintain in his waxed handlebar bag, kind 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. Drawback solved.
Talking of non sequiturs, right here’s one–once I consider my formative bicycling years, one model that stands out maybe greater than another is GT:
[From here.]
I by no means had a GT bike, however I did have varied GT components, like handlebars, and a layback seatpost, and tires I believed have been tremendous cool as a result of they got here in colours and had knobs that spelled out “GT.” I additionally keep in mind the winged emblem that stated “Huntington Seashore, CA” on it:
As a child in dreary New York thumbing via magazines, it appeared like life in California should be an infinite existence of ramps, empty swimming pools, BMX bikes and skateboards, and Black Flag reveals.
Anyway, despite the fact 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 seems like this can be the top:
The story notes GT’s BMX, mountain bike, and street legacy:
And naturally in addition 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 as if 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 business of bringing again the types of ’90s-era aluminum bikes that have been as soon as GT’s inventory in commerce:
And what concerning the GTB?
[From here.]
Regardless of being utterly unremarkable aside from the triple triangle, it’s grow to be a cult traditional. Have you ever seen what individuals need for these items?
I imply get actual:
Sarcastically, if GT had merely introduced again the GTB precisely because it was and bought it and nothing else, they’d in all probability be thriving proper now. However as an alternative it looks as if they’re promoting a bunch of bikes no person 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’ll be able to’t miss.
