The Romer Bike Measurement System premières in the Tour de France

The Union International Cyclist (UCI, Union Cycliste Internationale) uses the Romer Bike Measurement System of Hexagon Metrology in the Tour de France. It treats of a system of scan 3D laptop, developed in Switzerland by Hexagon Metrology in narrow collaboration with the UCI and the Technological Laboratory of Compounds and Polymers (LTC) of the Intituto Federal Swiss of Technology (EPFL). The system is based in the arm of portable measurement of Hexagon Metrology, the Romer Absolute Arm with scanner integrated cheese cheese laser.

The freamers so much of the bicycles of competition as of the bicycles of proofs have been checked during the process of approval to verify his compliance with the reglamentación of design of freamers of the UCI. The proofs took place immediately after the stage eighth and ninth of the Tour in the Swiss place of Porrentruy and in the French place of Besançon. This technology has applied for the first time in an evento of competition of this magnitude.

Julien Carron, technical coordinator of the UCI, affirms: “The use of the Romer Bike Measurement System in the Tour de France is a crucial step for the consistent application of rules, with the end to achieve the absolute impartiality in the competition and the transparency in our sport. It has allowed us check the freamers of the runners quickly and in situ, with precision and with the minimum annoyance for the equipment”.