Disc brakes: UCI calls on CPA to `respect the democratic process`
(Cyclingnews.com)

The UCI has responded to the CPA´s call for a second ban on disc brakes, urging the riders` association to `respect the democratic process´ in which they were involved in negotiating the reintroduction of discs in the pro peloton this season. Cyclingnews has seen a copy of the UCI´s written response to the letter sent by the CPA (Cyclistes Professionels Associés) last week, in which CPA president Gianni Bugno complained that conditions requested by the majority of the pro peloton had not yet been met. Signed by Mark Barfield, president of the UCI equipment commission, it is a message of staunch self-defence, which questions the legitimacy of the CPA´s claims that the majority of pros are against the re-trial of disc brakes in its current format. The UCI also sets out its position on the issue of mixed braking systems in the same peloton - the central tenet of the CPA´s complaints. It does not share the concern, arguing that the fears are `generally unfounded´ and that most of the riders it has heard from have been favourable to the re-trial of disc brakes.ADVERTISEMENT The UCI will clearly not be paying immediate heed to the calls for the re-trial to be halted, or to those for a full `all-on-discs´ trial later this season, though the issues will be discussed at its next equipment commission, due early spring, where the CPA will be able to present its survey and substantiate its arguments in more detail. The UCI expressed its `extreme` surprise at reading the CPA´s claims it was unaware of and indeed unhappy with the details of the reintroduction of the disc brake trial at the start of this season. More on this story Kittel disc brake success sparks debate in the Dubai Tour peloton Dubai Tour: Kittel savours his first win on disc brakes Marcel Kittel`s custom Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS disc - Gallery Neutral Support companies brace for disc brake mayhem Are road disc brakes dangerous? Survey Mixed peloton ...