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@EdwardZ
Its not really the issue but a fear of failure is quite justified... Failure, some quite catastrophic is hardly unhead of in the peleton.. There is a whole lot of "stupid light" out there (not that it started with carbon fibre)....
"Sufficient testing for safety"? The UCI know full well that it can't. They can --- as with wheels--- just test for impact failure. Fatigue and failure modus is, however, more complex and beyond the political means of a sport highly dependent upon bicycle vendor sponsorship.