[endominus]

>Use of stored energy is obviously allowed or else you couldn't make use of gravity when on a hill.

You've walked past gold in search of silver. A biking competition that disallowed the use of gravity would be wild. What would that even look like? How could it be run? Compressed air jets to maneuver bikes onto friction platforms? Entire courses built into the non-rotating sections of space stations? Racers suspended on bungee cords to counteract natural forces?

[Mattwmaster58]

A device could be affixed to each bike that measures wheel speed, as well as pressure cells for the pedals. Any energy that can't be accounted for from the pedals would result in the brakes being automatically applied.

Advantages from wind would also be negated, but I believe that's in spirit of the rule. At first just a single wheel speed sensor could be used, but once the meta evolved to doing stoppies/wheelies on downhill sections both wheels would need to be fitted with one.

[gpm]

New meta: Jump the downhills.

[PascLeRasc]

It's called Zwift

[jtbayly]

It would look like a perfectly flat track race. No hills. No use of gravity on hills. Solved.

[thrownblown]

so grass track racing? It was more popular worldwide but is still very popular in the Caribbean and Guyana.