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His parents may have raised a great racer, but isn't about time they taught him to be great with a razor! Or maybe, you can have any wheel size you like. Some people may be faster on 26", some on 29". Or even some people better on 24" wheels, others on 36" wheels! Maybe a 20" rear and a 40" front?
This really would be interesting and fuel hours of endless misinformation and opinion fueled argumenton internet forums! Surely the UCI (or similar new bodies) just needs to rule that only 26" wheels are allowed. Then bike racing will be less of a technological battle and more of a human skill/strength/fitness competition.
If all the top riders always have the best technology, the only incentive to develop better technology is that it sells more bikes as everyone else has to keep up. Watch the recent Lars'n'Bars Klunking video; fun is independent of technology! Bars need fashion tends to keep selling.
Even different brands go in and out of fashion. Easton used to be the bars of choice, then Funn when Sam Hill was riding them, then everyone seemed to have Sunline bars, now Renthall are No. 1.
This topic comes up again and again on t'internet. A proprtion of us, in fact all of us some of the time, like to have the latest (and according to the marketeers) the greatest.
The day someone produces a decent gearbox will be the day to celebrate. Otherwise, it'sjust all minor iterations and new marketing. 
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Jul 24, 2009 at 13:33