[jyl]

herr-o and I are watching the Netflix TdF program, and some tech questions come to mind.

Why don’t bicycle teams have rain tires? For a TT in the rain, say. A strip of hard material down the center and gum on the sides.

Why don’t they run sealant in tires on flat-plagued cobbles stages? Yes it’s some extra grams but if you’re a GC rider, you aren’t trying to win the cobble stage but you can’t afford to flat and lose minutes.

Why don’t they have protective features in jerseys and shorts? Like panels of Kevlar on jersey backs and short hips, the key places that get shredded and where riders lose big swaths of skin in crashes.

There must be a reason. Bike racing is hardly short of tech.