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UCI allows Visma-Lease a Bike to use controversial time trial helmet

After the cycling world went into meltdown over the alien-esque Giro TT helmet the UCI said it would investigate, the governing body now confirming it will let the team of Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert use the lid this season

Mon, Mar 18, 2024 15:36

“The assumption was Wiggle Chain Reaction wasn’t going anywhere”: Ex-employee talks “shock” at retail giant’s demise, plus THAT Visma Giro helmet discussed on the road.cc Podcast

In episode 72 of the road.cc Podcast, we go behind the scenes at Wiggle CRC to find out what really went on at the beleaguered retailer over the last few gloomy months, while Jamie and Ryan dissect pro cycling’s latest controversy: ugly time trial helmets

Fri, Mar 08, 2024 18:59

UCI to review design rules in light of Team Visma-Lease a Bike helmet and “ever more radical designs”

"It raises a significant issue concerning the current and wider trend in time trial helmet design, which focuses more on performance than the primary function of a helmet, namely to ensure the safety of the wearer in the event of a fall"

Tue, Mar 05, 2024 15:06

Bizarre anti-cycling column by schoolchild bemoans “plagues of two-wheeled vermin” on Box Hill, making them late for music lessons; “I quit”: Visma’s crazy “AI-generated” TT helmet divides cycling world; Women’s Freedom Ride + more on the live blog

Paris-Nice is underway, Sean Kelly is back on comms, and everything is right with the world. Oh, and Ryan Mallon’s back with more cycling news and views on the Monday live blog

Mon, Mar 04, 2024 10:04