Sir Chris Hoy asked for ID – to get into Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

So, it's existing Tiagra (chainset) with 11-speed bits from the old 105 and GRX. Fair enough, all good stuff. But which version of 11-speed pull ratio? CUES for drop-bar has been an absolute mess; I suspect for other applications it's been OK.

Hurrah! This makes a lot of sense to me, because the jump from CUES to R7000 cost and performance-wise is pretty huge, and you still can't find drop-bar CUES for love nor money. From a practical perspective I also think it's great news. I don't feel like my winter bike (currently built with R7000) warrants 12-speed 105 and I can't afford to destroy 12-speed components, so being able to slowly replace bits with "Tiagra" 11-speed is a nice surprise. :)

This just looks like the existing Tiagra chainset, with a mish-mash of old 105 bits. Nicer than CUES, but that's not much of an achievement.

If it was set up originally to the minimum allowed, it would only have needed to move fractionally to take it to an illegal position, in which case it would be near impossible to tell just by looking at a finish line photo.

Flat bar 1x CUES is very popular, its a great price point. Guess the drop bar CUES is an option if you want durability rather than super fast Shimano HG or HG+ shifting.

Even more ridiculous than the UCI-rule he breached is his lame excuse. I've seen a better picture him finishing and both levers are tilted inwards at about the same angle. I've had my share of crashes and it seems rather unlikely you'll move both levers in a crash, let alone moving both levers to about the same angle.

We all make up facts, every day - that's just an inevitable effect of living. What they make up are fantasies.

Here's a thought. We should rip up the M1 and M6 because of their role in road deaths, recent robberies of drivers. Maybe the ferry routes because of the abuse by smugglers. My understanding is that the high streets are dying already - making it easier for people to come into towns on multiple modes would seem to me to be a deterrent to criminality. How many drive by shootings, robbery escapes are committed by people on bicycles? This feels like a few politically motivated individuals recruiting support by "winning" a particular cause.

RE: why not remove the shops. By providing for mass motoring with free-flowing (well...) motor traffic they're already indirectly helping remove local shops... 😉

The anticyclists are stupid people who make up facts.