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Emyr-
That pretty much makes my point - ask 10 people to devise old-school regulations and you'll get 10 different sets of regulations. UCI "Athlete's Hour" regulations are not bad, but they still allow substantial gains for somebody prepared to build a special bike, so it's still ends up with an arms race.
gbj_tester
You'll end up arguing for weeks over what exactly an athlete's or old-school bike actually is. Probably best to leave equipment choice open within the current CTT regulations, because somebody will always argue that whatever somebody does on a full 1970 bike build is not a valid comparison with the olden days because their clothing is 20W better than 70s clothing. Also, restricting equipment is fine for those of us who still have our 1980s and 1990s TT bikes (and I can fit on my dad's 1940s bike if we want to go back that far), but it's not really fair to somebody who wasn't even born until 2000 to make them acquire a special bike just to have a crack at the record.