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Ever get hit for an illegal bike?
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 2008-09-08 3:23 AM |
Veteran  147   Rota, Spain |  Subject: Ever get hit for an illegal bike?As I was getting my bike into the transition area yesterday(sprint race), a "tech" inspector stopped me and told me it was illegal. It's just a P3 with the standard bullhorn aero bar setup, etc, etc..that was when I noticed that everyone else was riding road bikes with little bitty clip on aero bars. So at the last minute I had to have my wife run and grab my road bike (which had not been prepped at all) so that I could get it in to the box just before the race started. Not a good way to start the day. My question is: Is it common in the states to have "tech" inspections before a race? |
| 2008-09-08 4:21 AM in reply to: #1657345 |
| Veteran 247 CA | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? It sounds like this was a draft legal race. In those, you're not allowed to have aero bars that extend past the brake hoods. Were you allowed to draft? |
| 2008-09-08 4:51 AM in reply to: #1657345 |
| Extreme Veteran 422 | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? We typically don't have draft legal races state side. If it was not a draft legal race, than no its not typical to have rules on ok bikes other than no recumbent and you must have bar ends covered. |
| 2008-09-08 5:30 AM in reply to: #1657345 |
Champion 19812   MA | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? Similar thing happened at a race last month. They were training new usat officials and they were looking for stickers but some of the helmets had their approval printed out Folks that helmets said were approved they were telling them they couldn't race..it was a big mess as they did it to everyone and it sucked up a lot of time. Did she say what was illlegal about your bike? |
| 2008-09-08 6:31 AM in reply to: #1657345 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? I see it all the time at USCF cycling races. No bar end plugs and, at one race, they pulled a guy out who didn't have a sleeved jersey. He was pretty PO'ed about it and DNS'ed because the jersey wasn't legal. It's in the rules though... I have had 1-2 Tri's (USAT registered ones) where they take my bike from me entering transition set up and check the brake performance, look it over and hand it back. No more than a 5 second look over. |
| 2008-09-08 6:45 AM in reply to: #1657345 |
Veteran 147 Rota, Spain | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? Yes, it was, as pretty much every race here is, draft legal. So I've got $4500 worth of tri bike that I can't use for local races... They were also checking bar end plugs and helmets. I guess I will need to find my some itty bitty aero bars and figure out how to check the rules for the races over here. Thanks. |
| 2008-09-08 7:11 AM in reply to: #1657406 |
Master 2021 Alpharetta, GA | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? VVATC - 2008-09-08 7:45 AM Yes, it was, as pretty much every race here is, draft legal. So I've got $4500 worth of tri bike that I can't use for local races... They were also checking bar end plugs and helmets. I guess I will need to find my some itty bitty aero bars and figure out how to check the rules for the races over here. Thanks. Now, checking for bar ends plugs is very normal. Just an FYI. |
| 2008-09-08 7:51 AM in reply to: #1657406 |
Giver 18427 | Subject: RE: Ever get hit for an illegal bike? VVATC - 2008-09-08 7:45 AM Yes, it was, as pretty much every race here is, draft legal. So I've got $4500 worth of tri bike that I can't use for local races...
Sure you can...you just need a UCI-legal cockpit. |
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