UCI clamps down on narrow handlebars, pin-less number pockets and support car trickery According to the world governing body’s new rules, which will come into force on 1 January, the minimum width of handlebars must be 350mm cycling
Sorry, Dan Bigham and Victor Campenaerts. Narrow handlebars, the latest fad for the aero conscious and a blight on the peloton for those of us more concerned with aesthetics, are being targeted as part of a new spate of regulations brought in by the UCI for 2023.
Wind tunnel data is hard to come by but some quick maths using the known Cda of a cylinder indicates that the bars themselves contribute about 0.9 watts of additional drag for each 2cm gained when travelling at 40km/h. Rather negligible, then. The fact that narrower bars can squeeze through tighter gaps, which in the hustle and bustle of road racing is very useful, means a number of Tour de France sprinters have opted for narrow, 38cm bars.However, the UCI’s new regulations – set to come into effect on 1 January – appear to have nipped any inclination for riders to go considerably narrower than that in the bud.
Meanwhile, another rule change designed to counteract any future innovations concerns a rider’s reach.
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