These arguments made sense when the limit was introduced. But the limit should be lowered now.
Weight minimums are good for keeping a level playing field by keeping the cost to entry "low" by keeping it to the thousands.
There are no bikes in the in the World Tour peleton that retail for under $10,000. You can easily build a sub 6.8kg bike for that.
They're also good for safety reasons, both for the rider and others they might crash into; there's no incentive to try to cut too much weight in a way that could impact safety if there's a weight floor anyway.
There's some truth in that, but the limit is way, way lower than where it is at the moment. The fact that weights are being added to push bikes over the limit has no safety impact.
Weight minimums are good for keeping a level playing field by keeping the cost to entry "low" by keeping it to the thousands.
There are no bikes in the in the World Tour peleton that retail for under $10,000. You can easily build a sub 6.8kg bike for that.
They're also good for safety reasons, both for the rider and others they might crash into; there's no incentive to try to cut too much weight in a way that could impact safety if there's a weight floor anyway.
There's some truth in that, but the limit is way, way lower than where it is at the moment. The fact that weights are being added to push bikes over the limit has no safety impact.