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Other Resources => Component Deals & Selection => Topic started by: qwertyas on September 10, 2025, 12:37:24 AM
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Hello everybody
As you know, starting with 2026, UCI has new requirements regarding handlebars.
(https://images.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/3cthvkcqdlxaZF7px68QgJ/fda93484d9d741d8a8126fbcc895e726/Sch%C3%83__ma_guidon_avec_l%C3%83__gende_A_-_V1.png?fit=thumb&fl=progressive&w=1200&h=)
Here's the link of the official UCI press-release
https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/uci-statement-on-its-recent-decisions-regarding-changes-to-equipment/39bHGV3T3d3sNHKNe2Rvbx
Amateurs and non-UCI races are not going to be affected.
But for those of us needing to change our integrated handlebars: did you spot some new designs of handlebars that are compliant with these regulations, at sellers on AliExpress?
Can you share some links?
I need to make changes to two bikes...
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Hello everybody
As you know, starting with 2026, UCI has new requirements regarding handlebars.
(https://images.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/3cthvkcqdlxaZF7px68QgJ/fda93484d9d741d8a8126fbcc895e726/Sch%C3%83__ma_guidon_avec_l%C3%83__gende_A_-_V1.png?fit=thumb&fl=progressive&w=1200&h=)
Here's the link of the official UCI press-release
https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/uci-statement-on-its-recent-decisions-regarding-changes-to-equipment/39bHGV3T3d3sNHKNe2Rvbx
Amateurs and non-UCI races are not going to be affected.
But for those of us needing to change our integrated handlebars: did you spot some new designs of handlebars that are compliant with these regulations, at sellers on AliExpress?
Can you share some links?
I need to make changes to two bikes...
UCI are going to go back on this for sure. This will affect SOOOOOOOOOOO many of the smaller riders and women. I would not worry about this at all.
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Any 38cm (C-C) or wider bars should be fine. It's only going to be a matter of placing the hoods not too much inwards.
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Fuck UCI they have no jurisdiction here
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In a new press release, UCI made a step back ....
The text is somehow ambiguous (not that the diagram above was very clear), but what's new:
- 28 cm between hoods (as opposed to 32cm )
- max 65mm flare (not clear if per each side or in total)
- remains unclear if 40cm is to be measured in the drops or on the top.
Link: https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/the-uci-takes-important-measures-to-protect-rider-safety-and-health-and/4hnxXGTJRFAAUBHKLtGFQc
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In a new press release, UCI made a step back ....
The text is somehow ambiguous (not that the diagram above was very clear), but what's new:
- 28 cm between hoods (as opposed to 32cm )
- max 65mm flare (not clear if per each side or in total)
- remains unclear if 40cm is to be measured in the drops or on the top.
Link: https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/the-uci-takes-important-measures-to-protect-rider-safety-and-health-and/4hnxXGTJRFAAUBHKLtGFQc
As expected.
1. Make stupid rules because you have never ridden a bike.
2. Get pushback from all directions.
3. Roll back the rule.
4. Go back to 1.