Ah... Saint Piran... brainchild of Richard Pascoe - a fine upstanding character. Well-loved by everyone in the Cornwall cycling industry. Cough, cough.....
The UCI are investigating, not because they were used on the British "Elite" scene, they were also used at UCI races on the continent. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this team.... I'm hoping the journalist follows up other lines of enquiry. I think you need to realise, it is NOT on teams to get bikes UCI certified, it's down to manufacturers to have the bikes they want used in UCI races certified. It does not cost the teams any money for this.
Absolutely, definitely not the end of the story! The references to teams and their funding was to do with Ribble and when they started racing a few years ago; getting their bikes certified was a large logistical challenge for the team and them! Sorry for the confusion
@@monument_hq Having been involved in a couple of certifications, it can be logistically challenging, but that is mostly down to the factor documentation. If the factory has the paperwork together, submitting that and a fee, which was around £2000 at the time is simple enough. (Per mould/design) It's not overly expensive if you are mass-manufacturing frames. Regarding the SP story, they need to talk to staff from previous seasons. Lots will come to light. I don't want to say much publicly, but many things will come out in the wash.
To be fair, BC can’t really have much to criticise after they were caught at customs trying to get equipment back to the UK for the GB squad from their Service Course without paying import duties
I personally don't blame SP at all if they choose to buy bikes from else where, cycling is expensive. The UCI are just as bad and set no example to follow by unfortunately. As long as the bikes are above 6.8KG in weight which is the UCI race limit, then No Problems here im all for cheaper cycling, and getting younger talent into the sport. Not everyone can afford a 15k uci legal race bike.
Ah... Saint Piran... brainchild of Richard Pascoe - a fine upstanding character. Well-loved by everyone in the Cornwall cycling industry. Cough, cough.....
The UCI are investigating, not because they were used on the British "Elite" scene, they were also used at UCI races on the continent. This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this team.... I'm hoping the journalist follows up other lines of enquiry.
I think you need to realise, it is NOT on teams to get bikes UCI certified, it's down to manufacturers to have the bikes they want used in UCI races certified. It does not cost the teams any money for this.
Absolutely, definitely not the end of the story!
The references to teams and their funding was to do with Ribble and when they started racing a few years ago; getting their bikes certified was a large logistical challenge for the team and them! Sorry for the confusion
@@monument_hq Having been involved in a couple of certifications, it can be logistically challenging, but that is mostly down to the factor documentation. If the factory has the paperwork together, submitting that and a fee, which was around £2000 at the time is simple enough. (Per mould/design)
It's not overly expensive if you are mass-manufacturing frames.
Regarding the SP story, they need to talk to staff from previous seasons. Lots will come to light. I don't want to say much publicly, but many things will come out in the wash.
SP seem to have had 'issues' & 'disagreements' with several kit & equipment suppliers over the years. I wonder why it was only them & not other teams.
To be fair, BC can’t really have much to criticise after they were caught at customs trying to get equipment back to the UK for the GB squad from their Service Course without paying import duties
That's crazy! 👀
@@monument_hq was all over the cycling press at the time
I personally don't blame SP at all if they choose to buy bikes from else where,
cycling is expensive. The UCI are just as bad and set no example to follow by unfortunately.
As long as the bikes are above 6.8KG in weight which is the UCI race limit, then No Problems here im all for cheaper cycling, and getting younger talent into the sport. Not everyone can afford a 15k uci legal race bike.