Whilst I happen to agree about the "worth" of using anything but an upright bicycle, at the end of the day The UMCA permit use of the dark side of the force.
Everyone is free to make a value judgement. But what I see at the moment are a lot of people ragging on Kurt because he isn't Steve.
Kurt is doing better than Steve and at the moment looks favourite to win the UMCA race. I still think Steve can do it, and hope he does, but those 20 miles or so a day that Tarzan is laying into Steve add up. No amount of bleating about relative conditions or values will change what will go in the history books. Only supreme effort and determination, and some good fortune, will.