In this story from Wired Online, reporter Bryan Ball writes about
technology limitations imposed by the UCI that add up to the fact that
consumers can buy a lighter and faster bike off a bike shop floor than
professional cyclists can ride in such events as The Tour:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71283-0.html
Besides weight, he discusses technologies such as recumbents, and
suspensions.
This companion article featuring a gallery of banned bikes:
http://blog.wired.com/tourtechnology/index.album?i=7&s=
seems not to be linked to the main article.
Ball seems to be the author of most or all the good bicycling stories
from Wired Online, many linked to this article.
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