

The eye-catching and headline-grabbing feature of the 194cm Dutchman's bike was his handlebars, which were a Japanese track handlebar that measured just 32cm wide. In Spring of 2018, the 26-year-old entered the limelight when he found himself in the day's breakaway at Scheldeprijs, aboard his Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij team issue Isaac bike.

Should you find yourself enamoured with the radical new design, they can be yours for a cool €1,500.00.Īnd if the name Jan Willem Van Schip sounds familiar, that's because it is. Speeco says that the shifter position remains unchanged from a traditional setup and, that as a result, the handling of the bike would remain unchanged. This story is developing, check back for more.In the images shown the bars look incredibly narrow but the finished product would be fully customised to your dimensions. Van Schip was instrumental in the development of Speeco bars and has long been a fan of ultra-narrow bars in road racing.ĬyclingTips has contacted the UCI for comment but has yet to receive a response. This does not explain why Van Schip was allowed to run the bars by a UCI commissioner on the very morning of his disqualification, of course. In fact, the UCI even used an image of the bars in a recent technical presentation. The design of ABB bars creates an additional point of contact in the forearms, a position expressly prohibited in the UCI technical documentation. The patented quick-release mechanism allows you to attach or remove the aerobars.

The Quick-Release Aerobars are different than any other aerobars on the market. The system is comprised of Quick-Release Aerobars and a Dual-Position Seatpost. This position requires that the only points of support are: the feet on the pedals, the hands on the handlebars and the seat on the saddle. Redshift's Switch Aero System allows you to have a proper aero position on the road bike you already own. The rule states: âThe cyclist should normally sit on the bicycle. These new rules prohibited “invisible aero bars” and considered that the only three points of contact between the bicycle and the rider would be the hands on the bars, the pedals and the saddle. The UCI updated a number of hand position rules earlier this spring, along with banning the Supertuck, among other changes. Read more: Which hand positions are the fastest? > Why now? BEAT considers that the disqualification is unjustified and that Jan-Willem van Schip is seriously affected. The UCI has not expressed any reservations on this subject.

Here we got the green light to start with ABB. ÂThe day before the start of the third stage, we even discussed our intentions to ride on the handlebars with the UCI commissioner on site. The UCI also did not consider it necessary to accept the offer from handlebar developer ABB to further investigate the admissibility. Never, the UCI informed us that the handlebars would not be authorized. âSince the launch of the ABB handlebars, we have been discussing with the UCI. “We don’t understand this decision,” the team said in a statement. Van Schip and his BEAT Cycling team claim that the UCI has never questioned the handlebars before and that the team and Van Schip obtained the approval of the UCI commissioner on site on the morning of the stage in question. Jan-Willem van Schip was kicked out of the Baloise Belgium Tour by the UCI after the governing body ruled that his Speeco Aero Breakaway (ABB) handlebars, which he had used previously, violated technical regulations.
