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That is definitely a fairing. How is that ok?
It's OK because the word "fairing" doesn't appear in the regulations. A good job too, otherwise all the rim fairings on Hed Jets, old school Cosmic Carbones and Aerocoach plastic wheels would be banned.
The object itself doesn't shield anything other than another bike part, and since that ship sailed a long time ago, I can't see any objection to it which doesn't also imply an objection to a whole slew of parts which have been used for many years without attracting regulatory comment.
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This is why the rules are bollocks. They might not say fairing but they ban "recumbent machines, protective shields or windbreaks" and that is definitely a shield / wind break.
My arbitrary rule of thumb has been sticking bits of cardboard and plastic to OTP parts, aka doing a Bowdler, for no reason other than airflow is a fairing (or "wind break"). But then, I bought a helmet with taped up air vents and never removed the tape so I'm somewhat guilty there too although that's a helmet not a bike so actually whatever, I'm still legal.
For me, being DQ'd from a 10mi is a bummer, but riding a 12hr or 24hr and being DQ'd because your bike is covered in cardboard, tape, sugru and other bullshit would be a ruined season so I try and follow the rules as I think they were intended.
hippy
That is definitely a fairing. How is that ok?