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I just heard that bladed wheels like Spinergy's are not legal this year.

Is this true? I heard it from a local NE officianato. Is this just a New England thing?

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Permalink Reply by Echappe Equipment on August 11, 2008 at 12:39pm

That should be true since we're running mass start road rules now. It might just be specific to categorized fields, or even just larger events.

Permalink Reply by wood booger on August 12, 2008 at 1:21pm

Interesting, about 75% of the field in every mass start road race I have ever done has been on bladed spokes.

Is the West (good) Coast exempt?

Permalink Reply by Jeff Bramhall on August 12, 2008 at 2:04pm

There's a distinction between bladed wheels and spokes. Standard spokes should be ok, but wheels like these -

- will be banned.
It's all USA Cycling administered events that are covered by the rule change (if it's the one I'm thinking of).

Permalink Reply by Josh on August 13, 2008 at 2:53pm

Correct, all mass start events governed under UCI rules require at least 12 spokes per wheel.

Permalink Reply by andrew on August 13, 2008 at 4:38pm

Thanks to EyeBob's question and Josh's research, we've done a story to clarify this matter.

You can view it here: http://cxmagazine.com/uci-usa-cycling-rules-banning-spinergy-wheels...

Permalink Reply by GeWilli on August 14, 2008 at 7:01am

well ya should be able to score some rev x wheels on the cheap for your TT bike now ;)

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