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@hippy
"Level it off a little" - how much advantage do you think one pro's bike has over another?
Almost all the bikes are under-eight. They all run power meters and their choice of deep carbon wheels or ultralight carbon climbing wheels. It's not like F1 where there's an obviously faster make of car, I just don't see the need to level the playing field in pro cycling. All the kit is feckin' good.
Maybe the TT bikes give a bit of an advantage but at the top level I'm sure more time is lost due to the rider being a poor tt'er than small changes to carbon layup.
I wonder if there has been a comparison done between pro bikes and their relative performances? I just think they're all damn close and it ain't worth leveling.