'Innovation and safety are not opposing forces': SRAM welcomes UCI halt on gear restriction, calls for better, 'open' governance in professional cycling

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SRAM has welcomed the Belgian Competition Authority’s decision to suspend the UCI’s proposed maximum gear ratio standard, while calling for fairer, more transparent rule-making in professional cycling.

Earlier today, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) announced it is imposing interim measures against the UCI, ordering the governing body to suspend its proposed gearing rule immediately. The authority sided with SRAM’s argument that the standard hurts innovation and unfairly tilts the playing field.