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@Hefty
Cos you can't afford to modify your existing bike to comply?
As you say, the spirit is the important thing. My Vitus was actually built a bit too late to qualify (shhhh), but the model and all components were available in period, so I didn't feel like I was cheating.
There were only a few bikes I saw that I scoffed at for being too new (at least one had brifters) by far the majority were doing it right. I agree, relying on people keeping in the spirit is a nice way of doing it, I've heard of people being turned away at the start line of the Italian event for minor infringements.