The authors speculate it was due to pressure from bicycle manufacturers and a perceived threat to the cycling identity.
On a personal note as someone who rides a drop bar bike and wants to change over to a recumbent bicycle, it kinda informs the wierdly elitist nature of the sport and culture.
Drop bar bicycles get hilariously expensive when you factor all the support items needed to ride one long term.
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Reply to TIL The UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) banned the use of recumbent bicycles in bike competition in the 1930's by indy_110
The authors speculate it was due to pressure from bicycle manufacturers and a perceived threat to the cycling identity.
On a personal note as someone who rides a drop bar bike and wants to change over to a recumbent bicycle, it kinda informs the wierdly elitist nature of the sport and culture.
Drop bar bicycles get hilariously expensive when you factor all the support items needed to ride one long term.