aero bar question

[Onne]

Hi I just returned from the Netherlands where I entered an Olympic
distance tri. The officials there with NTB told me that next year the
shifters at the end of my aerobars will be illegal and I will be
required to have no aerobar 15cm forward of the front axle. The bars
will also have to be connected. Personally I am not too worried about
this because I won't be back there for while. However, 1. does anyone
know if the USA & Canadian officials are considering this? and 2. given
the fact that my shifters are in the aerobar, what would be an
approximate price to purchase shifters and replace my brake levers?

Thanks Onne

 

[[email protected]]

that is interesting as those are ITU rules for pro triathletes. they do
that for the draft legal races. it is possible they are adopting htem
for age groupers but that would be strange. any more info???

Onne wrote:
> Hi I just returned from the Netherlands where I entered an Olympic
> distance tri. The officials there with NTB told me that next year the
> shifters at the end of my aerobars will be illegal and I will be
> required to have no aerobar 15cm forward of the front axle. The bars
> will also have to be connected. Personally I am not too worried about
> this because I won't be back there for while. However, 1. does anyone
> know if the USA & Canadian officials are considering this? and 2. given
> the fact that my shifters are in the aerobar, what would be an
> approximate price to purchase shifters and replace my brake levers?
>
> Thanks Onne

 

[Harold Buck]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> that is interesting as those are ITU rules for pro triathletes. they do
> that for the draft legal races. it is possible they are adopting htem
> for age groupers but that would be strange. any more info???


Yeah, that was my question: is this race draft-legal?

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson

 

[Onne]

Thanks for the replies.
This was not a draft-legal race. Olympic Distance race with about 200
age groupers. The official just told me straight out that next year my
bars would be illegal.
Onne

Harold Buck wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>
>>that is interesting as those are ITU rules for pro triathletes. they do
>>that for the draft legal races. it is possible they are adopting htem
>>for age groupers but that would be strange. any more info???
>
>
>
> Yeah, that was my question: is this race draft-legal?
>
> --Harold Buck
>
>
> "I used to rock and roll all night,
> and party every day.
> Then it was every other day. . . ."
> -Homer J. Simpson