I think it would be in keeping with the goals of TPVirtual to have equipment choices. In real life, equipment choice is very important and impacts my race results. The bike i would choose in order to be competitive in flat TT race would be very different from what I would choose for a climbing race. Equipment must be bought IRL so perhaps a way to 'earn' it within the game would make sense? Regardless of whether it's considered a 'gamification' I think we should be able to have a 'garage' and some way to accumulate various equipment that we can choose for our rides.