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4 stories on cycling from SocialSportHub Journal — how its rules, equipment, surfaces and science actually work.
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Explainers
The UCI limits how high a sock may rise, and it does not use centimetres. The limit is half the distance between the middle of the lateral malleolus and the middle of the fibula head — a rule stated in anatomy, for a stated reason.
Analysis
Cycling's technical regulation is usually read as a fight over marginal gains. Read the governing body's own clarification guide instead and a different rulebook appears — one that regulates the shape of a bicycle to preserve an idea of what a bicycle is, and states that purpose in writing.
Reported from the research rather than the gym floor.
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