Cycling: New British track bike breaking the mould for Tokyo


  • Cycling
  • Friday, 01 Nov 2019

A Lotus-Hope track bike is seen at the Rouleur Classic in London, Britain October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Martyn Herman

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's track cyclists will fire the first salvo in the technology arms race leading to next year's Tokyo Olympics this weekend when the radical new bike designed to deliver another sack of gold gets its first competitive spin.

In a sport obsessed by 'marginal gains', getting the best human engines on the best kit equals an irresistible force and the developers of the new creation believe rival riders will be casting envious glances at the British bike.

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