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that's ignoring the previous part of the regulation.
What, the puppy paws bit? Under ordinary rules of construction and interpretation, we can delete that without affecting the following part because that's how the OR operator works. If the law says "it shall be an offence to kill a person OR to attempt to kill a person", you're still in trouble for the attempt even if it didn't succeed.
riding on the drops as this doesn't pass your test, as your forearm touches the handlebar in this position
Mine doesn't
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I think that largely we are in agreement, but you keep saying that forearms touching the bar = simulating a tribar position and that the regs state it as an absolute test - that's ignoring the previous part of the regulation.
If your interpretation was correct then we would need to DQ anyone riding on the drops as this doesn't pass your test, as your forearm touches the handlebar in this position. Although this is presuming you've ridden the drops of a modern handlebar in an aero position, which I doubt most people complaining about George even have.