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		aeternum 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclist... It's too obvious to put the motor in the bike. What they should do is embed electromagnets under the road surface to help accelerate certain bikes and decelerate others.

SamPatt 18 days ago | [–]

Aren't the frames mostly carbon fiber now?

eCa 17 days ago | | [–]

Since many years.

cwmoore 17 days ago | [–]

Not in the road, embed high frequency electromagnets in the fork and frame tuned to pull on steel spokes.

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