Given that no wheels had been called illegal until the day before the ruling, then nobody has ever been hurt as a result of an "illegal" wheel.
However, there were some rumours that Michele Bartoli was threatening litigation for his knee accident, something about a Spinergy spoke slashing him, exacerbating the injury. I don't know if it is true, but it may explain the UCI zeal to be worried about spokes breaking/flailing, and the apparent bias against...oops, sorry "Brand 'S'" So here was a case that someone was hurt by an apparently "unsafe" wheel. Now the UCI makes "unsafe="illegal" and the rest is obvious. The can of worms that I orginally referred to in this thread is that once someone deems the criteria for describing (or testing) a wheel as "Legal" and "safe" as being actually flawed, the UCI may be facing problems of declaring something safe, that is not safe at all. That's probably a bigger problem than having made no opinion at all. Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Fillion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 13:47 Subject: RE: [obc] legal wheels > I really wonder if anyone > has EVER been hurt as a direct result of a non-legal wheel? ------ Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
