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My suggestion would be to forget definitions and appoint a 'Road Bike Referee' who would have power on the day to reject bikes which were not road bike 'in spirit'
I've considered a similar concept, but with a jury randomly selected from participants. The regulations are for the riders, so they should be by the riders.
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I've considered a similar concept, but with a jury randomly selected from participants. The regulations are for the riders, so they should be by the riders.
Something along these lines should not be difficult to achieve. After all, we're not talking about anything unduly harsh, like suspensions.
All that needs to happen is that the offending bike/rider would be excluded from the road bike section of the event - so he could still ride in the 'open' section for a time. He would not have wasted his entry fee and petrol.
clubman
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I love how the only time TTs get talked about is silly helmets, silly handlebars...
Well, I did try to talk about something else in my post above.......but hardly anyone seems interested in actual riding or competition.
When I was an active TT rider (70's - 00's) discussion about kit was fairly limited - we mostly talked about training, fitness and what events we would ride. I think the general view was that kit had a fairly marginal effect and, even if it did, this detracted from one's personal prowess.
I find the discussion about these regulations deeply depressing. There seemed to be some hope, with the road bike concept, that we could get away from obsessing about bikes and go back to thinking about the riders; evidently this has failed.
My suggestion would be to forget definitions and appoint a 'Road Bike Referee' who would have power on the day to reject bikes which were not road bike 'in spirit'.