CyclistCyclist Magazine Podcast: UCI rules, design evolution, and why bikes are so expensive, with Pieter PottersThis week on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast, our guest is Pieter Potters, R&D manager at Belgian Cycling Factory, the group that owns Eddy Merckx Cycles and Ridley Bikes. For nearly six years Pieter has been at the centre of designing cutting edge road and gravel bikes, including the recent Ridley Noah Fast 3.0, which features a new kind of geometry that many see poised to change the game think steep seat tubes, short cranks and aggressive forward positioning of the rider (dont worry, Pieter explains it better).Pieter is also in charge of designing Eddy Merckx bikes, so here he discusses plans to rejuvenate that once great marque, along with answering questions around how much input pro riders really have into the bikes they ride, how to design bikes for the modern age, how to negotiate potentially ruinous UCI rule changes, and that perennial question:just why are bikes so expensive?Listen toPieter Potters on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast now on AcastCheck outall episodesAlso available wherever you get your podcastsThis episode is brought to you by the Hammerhead Karoo GPS bike computer. Visithammerhead.ioand use the code CYCLIST to get a free HR strap with every purchase (just be sure to add the strap to your cart then apply the code at checkout). Related Posts Cyclist Magazine Podcast: Brian Smith on being National Champ, racing with Lance, saying no to EPO, and snakes in showers Cyclist Magazine Podcast: The legend of Eddy Merckx, with Lee Donaldson Cyclist Magazine Podcast: David Millar The Christmas special (sort of) Tour de France bike: Jonas Abrahamsen's stage-winning Ridley Noah Fast The post Cyclist Magazine Podcast: UCI rules, design evolution, and why bikes are so expensive, with Pieter Potters appeared first on Cyclist.