Slowman wrote:
1. i guess it's the same as the argument against 10mm wetsuits, hand paddles, and fully faired bikes; 2) yes we're our own sport, but we are also an aggregate of 3 sports, and there's a difference between leading on a technology versus wholly breaking from the constituent sports.
Hi Dan,
Just to address your arguments :
- 10mm wetsuits. They 'deskilled' the act of swimming so it was right to outlaw them.
- Hand paddles. They also deskilled (and reskilled) the act of swimming so it was also likely correct to outlaw them.
- Fully faired bikes. This is a harder one to debunk. In several cases we already have fairings in play on bikes now - it's the volume or size of them that is debatable here. I would suggest the key issue regards safety here as higher speeds would be generated and more accidents as a result. As a result, I'd suggest full fairings shouldn't be allowed.
- I disagree on triathlon being an aggregate of three sports at this point. We are a sport and shouldn't be unafraid to go our own way (your bike frame wasn't exactly UCI legal if I recall correctly). If you go down the road of being seen as an aggregate of three sports, you'll constantly have your own identity eroded or undervalued.
Alternatively, the Alphafly shoe doesn't deskill, reskill or provide known safety concerns as of today's date. It's funny though since I would classify you as an innovator based on what you'd introduced product-wise in the past so I'm quite surprised you'd be against a more efficient shoe (and that's all it is) being used in triathlon.
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UK Gearmuncher: Feb 6, 20 0:45