Posted By Orange Crush on 07/19/2022 08:30 PM
Posted By Bill H. on 07/19/2022 08:14 PM
A tour of attrition. Does everyone here fault Roglic for abandoning? Don't know the extant of his injuries. Never though of him quitting.
... That old school paradigm of continuing to soldier on needs to go.
Also needs to go - basic parts breaking. Majte's (sp) chain. Oh I know why. They are pushed to the max to get better shifting and more cogs. But - the Tour should make it known that bikes not only have to be available to the public, they should also be safe to ride as intended. I know the Tour cannot enforce this but they can rule that any name, model and manufacturer of any part that fails and causes injury will publicized. Tell us who's chain that was.
I'd love to see KMC (or whoever) advertising that they sponsored three pro teams last year and broke no chains. See technology that stressed reliability (now because it matters!)
And yes, when it's a team that screws up, that should get publicized. (Hincapie's steerer, P-R)
Now, engineering at the pro level is driven by marketing that sees light, fast, wins and who cares about being responsible. If marketing gets to look at being shown up publicly in a big way if they demand engineering skip good protocol, maybe we see a shift to better. Oh I know this will never happen but I can dream. And I'm not talking about less than pro racing. The broken cranks I had to ride around BITD. (Campys with almost certainly many miles and a fair share of abuse. Though this "advertising" would have sped up Campy's design and machining practices right quick!)
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