British Cycling has announced that it will allow the use of disc brakes at all levels of domestic road racing in 2018 to help riders who perhaps only own a disc-brake bike.
British Cycling has followed USA Cycling, Cycling Australia, and Cycling Canada, who have all agreed to allow disc brakes. UCI-sanctioned international events will still be subject to specific regulations, with the UCI allowing disc brakes as part of a fourth year of trials in 2018.
The major national federations do not seem to share the safety concerns raised by some professional riders and have moved beyond a test period to allow disc brakes.
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The UCI has faced resistance to disc brakes in the WorldTour peloton, with riders expressing concerns about a peloton with mixed braking power, injury from disc rotors, and delays with wheel and bike changes. Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) claimed to have been cut by a rotor at the 2016 Paris-Roubaix, and Owain Doull (Team Sky) blamed a deep gash to his shoe on a disc rotor in an incident at the Abu Dhabi Tour this February.
Doubts about the cause of both accidents were raised in subsequent analysis and the UCI ruled that disc rotors have to have flattened edges, but many riders remain unconvinced of the need for disc brakes in professional races. Marcel Kittel was one of a handful of riders to use discs in 2017 and made history by becoming the first rider to win a stage at the Tour de France on a disc-brake bike. More teams are expected to switch to disc brakes in 2018 but final details and numbers have yet to be confirmed.
British Cycling is responsible for racing in Britain but also works to promote recreational cycling. Previous rules meant that cyclists could use disc brakes in mass-participation events but not in races.
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