Re: Bike change during MTB events?

Rick Johnson

2007-05-03


Which they then outlawed...



Mike Bene wrote:

part of bike racing is choosing the equipment best suited
for the course. decker demonstrated that when he won the
short track race
in sonoma on a road bike in 2004.




mb




On 5/3/07, Rick
C Johnson
<RCJohnson1@attglobal.net>
wrote:

Good.
I was just wondering how far this "arms race silliness" could go.

It's bad enough trying to keep up with the hard tail vs full suspension

game. Some seem to be considering cross bikes as a reasonable addition


in the mix.

I just want to be sure that what comes to the line is there for the

duration, good, bad or indifferent.



Rick



Michael Nyberg wrote:



> 17.2 - RACING REGULATIONS

>

> 17.2.1 All riders must attend the pre-race briefing (riders'
meeting)

> normally held at the staging area prior to the race start.

>

> 17.2.2 Ignorance of the rules is not an excuse.

>

> 17.2.3 Racers shall complete the entire event (or individual
stage) on

> the same bicycle upon which the event was begun. All repairs
during an

> event shall be performed by the individual racer. No outside
support


> is permitted. All spare parts and tools shall be carried by the

> individual racer. Cannibalizing: any part or component taken from
one

> bicycle to repair or improve the performance of another is not
permitted.


>

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Rick C Johnson <RCJohnson1@attglobal.net>

> To: OBRA <
obra@list.obra.org
>

> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2007 9:44:02 AM

> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Bike change during MTB events?

>

> Since cross bikes are legal for MTB events I was just wondering
what the


> OBRA rules say about changing bikes during an MTB race. Say the
first

> bike has a "mechanical" during the course of the event and the
rider

> "happens" to have a spare located nearby.


> Can the rider finish the race on the second bike?

>

> Rick

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