How time flies. Christmas has been and gone, a new year is upon us, and there’s now just a couple of weeks until the WorldTour season kicks off at the Tour Down Under.
January 1st marks the day when teams frantically take to social media to announce their new signings and sponsors, such as EF’s switch to Assos clothing and Remco Evenepoel’s transfer to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
Handlebars
Starting with handlebars, where the UCI has focussed plenty of attention, making some changes to existing rules and introducing a few new ones at the same time.
The minimum overall width is now 400mm
If you measure the width of your handlebars at their widest point – including bar tape – they cannot measure any less than 400mm. This is an increase of 50mm from last year’s 350mm limit, and means some of the more progressive narrow bars used by a select few riders in the peloton will now be deemed illegal.
The gap between your brake levers must exceed 280mm
This rule states “the minimum measurement between the inside of the extremities of the brake levers shall be 280 mm” and thanks to some visual clarification, actually refers to the inner-most point of your shift/brake hoods, rather than the outside of the lever itself.
In slightly clearer English, it means the gap…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at CyclingNews RSS Feed…