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I would have to say that the most influential single piece of equipment in the peloton today is the race radio. In the last 15 years it has affected outcome of countless races. Old dogs feel the radio should be banned from racing (they probably feel so should the helmet).
Directors now sit in follow vehicles, watching the race unfold on a dash mounted TV screen, barking instructions to the riders. Long gone are the days when a rider needed to think for themselves. Tactics have also changed due to this and you no longer need to tape jersey numbers and time gaps across your stem.
Smaller teams and riders are using small, light, cheap, radios such as the Motorola Talkabout or similar models. These are great as long as you are within a mile or two, and aren’t trying to transmit through trees and hills. The larger teams are using very sophisticated, ham type, two way radios that work great even when the terrain gets hilly and the distances are great.
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