It's only Open events this stuff really applies for, right?
How often do they check this kind of stuff?
The only open I've done I didn't see any checking of bikes.
Regulations apply to all events run under CTT Regs (obviously), so that includes club and semi-open events as well as open ones. I've never seen any scrutineering either (although with the set up pictured, the timekeeper did once ask me where my brake was because it's in an invisible place from where he's standing), but when you sign on, the first line at the top of the sheet you must sign before starting says
"The event is being run for and on behalf of Cycling Time Trials under their Rules and Regulations as shown in the current Handbook. I am conversant with such Rules and Regulations and undertake to abide by them"
In the unlikely event that you hit a bystander, riding a bike which doesn't meet the Regs is going to be awkward; make sure your own public liability insurance covers racing, because the CTT insurers are unlikely to pay out if they can show that you deliberately rode a bicycle which is, in the view of the organisation, not roadworthy.
You can get Dia Compe 188s for <£20 a pair (annoyingly for us fixed types, nobody seems to sell them singly), which is a lot cheaper than having to get Lloyds to underwrite the risk :-)
Regulations apply to all events run under CTT Regs (obviously), so that includes club and semi-open events as well as open ones. I've never seen any scrutineering either (although with the set up pictured, the timekeeper did once ask me where my brake was because it's in an invisible place from where he's standing), but when you sign on, the first line at the top of the sheet you must sign before starting says
"The event is being run for and on behalf of Cycling Time Trials under their Rules and Regulations as shown in the current Handbook. I am conversant with such Rules and Regulations and undertake to abide by them"
In the unlikely event that you hit a bystander, riding a bike which doesn't meet the Regs is going to be awkward; make sure your own public liability insurance covers racing, because the CTT insurers are unlikely to pay out if they can show that you deliberately rode a bicycle which is, in the view of the organisation, not roadworthy.
You can get Dia Compe 188s for <£20 a pair (annoyingly for us fixed types, nobody seems to sell them singly), which is a lot cheaper than having to get Lloyds to underwrite the risk :-)