UCI rule for riding the kerb

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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    underlayunderlay wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    The view from one pro, Matt Brammeier, tweeted 1st Sep:

    Matt Brammeier @Mattbrammeier85
    Why is there no deterrent/punishment for riders jumping onto pavements & bike paths in races? Someday, somewhere, someone will die.

    A bit dramatic, perhaps, but there's truth in it - sooner or later someone will get hurt badly. If we lose some of the cheeky moves with the sort of élan that has FF searching for tastefully monochromed photography, well, console yourself with the notion that you'll be able to tell the grandkids that you remember when bike racing involved proper bike handling instead of this modern rubbish...

    They can't handle their bikes properly in the peleton? All it's doing is dissuading a temptation to use areas that most people would consider to be out of bounds - spectators should not have to jump out of the cyclists way - unless the spectators are encroaching on the course...

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