UCI to appeal SRAM’s victory in gear ratio restriction case to Belgium’s high court

Cycling’s governing body is doubling down on its insistence that gear ratios are the answer to safety in professional cycling. Following the meeting of the UCI Management Committee, the federation issued a press release on Friday, noting its intent to appeal a Belgian court’s decision to block the UCI’s gear restriction test.

“Recommended by SafeR, the maximum gear ratio test was intended to gather riders’ views on the relevance of introducing gear ratio limitations in professional road cycling as a means of improving safety,” the UCI stated in its press release.