Jeff Poptart wrote:
> I was about to grace the bike racing world with my super alternative, hairy-leg, puzzling presence
> for the first time in 15 days. Having waited an hour for the 1-4s to race, I collected with the
> other non-governing body dudes at the start line, only to be informed:
>
> A. 1.3.014 The saddle support shall be horizontal. The length of the saddle shall be 24 cm
> minimum and 27.5 cm maximum, but we'll let it slide this time.
> B. 1O10. A licensee may be penalized for causing a crash or spill through inadequate tightening
> or adjustment of a bicycle component, including gluing of tires [disqualification and 10 days
> suspension], and we'll NOT let it slide this time.
>
> Rule A strikes me as the more stupid one. There's no sensible rationale that I can think of. My
> saddle is a regular old Sella drilled/sawed out and beautified with black duct-tape. So I got a
> little carried away when the shape started to resemble my favorite fairing on the WISIL Missile
> lowracer (full suspension). This fascist control of all aspects of cycling by the UCI is why you
> don't see fully faired recumbents being used to run errands in Peking.
>
> Rule B is the more annoying one, though I can barely accept the presumed reasoning. A guy was
> showing us his superkevlar clincher wheel before the race, handing it around, folks oooing and
> ahhhing and I popped off my 20-yr-old ergal sewup wheel with cx sewup for comparison. Some
> federation geek says, "Looks like 20-yr-old glue too!". I says, "Half a tube per wheel! And they
> don't make it like they used to! This is Tubasti!" No go.
>
> I avenged myself by doing 43-44 mph on the 15 mile ride home. Those lusers gained a reprieve, but
> I will be back!
>
> Jeff Poptart (imitating pooter parodying potter)
See, I was right. There ARE dumbass rules, and I'm looking forward to taking credit in December for
spawning the longest-lived "thread" of the year.
You got the attributions wrong. You'll hear from my lawyer.
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