Ajax Bay wrote:
BenwGoodfellow wrote:
An_apple wrote:
I believe IM follows the uci rules for this type of stuff so if they don’t ban it then IM won’t ban it. That’s what I was told my Andrew messick last year.
It has been banned by the UCI for many years.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/...e-over-camelbak-use/Think you need to do better than that, Ben. Which cyclists have been DQ'd for breaking whatever rule (some random or Italian mag thinks) might apply.
What is the current UCI Rule?
2011: Schleck has "nothing to hide" over Camelbak use - Leopard Trek rider didn't know he could possibly be breaking UCI rules.
ICU judged he had not broken the rules (UCI rule 1.3.033: "it is forbidden to wear non-essential items of clothing or items designed to influence the performances of a rider such as reducing air resistance or modifying the body of the rider."
Possibly because he wasn't "wearing" a bladder, he was using it to drink from (and it could be drunk from).
What is Sanders meant to do when between trash zones in Oceanside and finds the bottle he's picked up won't fit in his cage? Do a Charles Barclay and accidentally drop it? Or responsibly put it down his top till he can ditch it 'legally'.
What are you talking about? Do your own research. The UCI TT and IM rules are extremely different.
You dont see UCI riders getting DQ'ed often because kit & setup is checked, measured before they can go to the start line.
Half the “Triathlon” bike aren’t legal for UCI events.
The UCI limits lots of stuff around bike fit, Saddle position, extension position. IM it’s pretty much unrestricted.
A couple of years ago the UCI went out of it way to ban a tiny fairing on the Aero-coach front wheel. Look at the massive & blatant cockpit fairings we see in IM races now. They would not be even close to allowed within a UCI sanctioned TT.
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