UCI issues statement on 'urgent' hookless tyre debate

Thomas de Gendt bike
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Amid the ongoing debate surrounding the safety and suitability of hookless rim technology, the UCI has weighed in with a statement, saying that it has "decided to study the situation as a matter of urgency."

The situation came to the fore recently in an incident on stage 5 of the UAE Tour, when seemingly out of nowhere, Lotto Dstny’s Thomas De Gendt crashed after his tyre blew off its rim. 

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On the bike, Josh has been riding and racing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. These days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his two dogs in tow.