I was at IMC this past weekend, and saw / heard a couple things that made me wonder.
1. I noticed that there is a lot of different ways people put their bike stickers on. In the WTC races I've done I have always put the sticker on as instructed on the back of the sheet. I never do it perfect, and it always ends up wrinkled. I see other people cutting their stickers and apply them to the seat post or seat tube vertically, I saw one where they had the sticker on the Head Tube, another on the down tube, etc. So, Has anyone ever been told their bike number was on incorrectly and been told to fix it? (because cutting in half and applying vertically to seat tube/seat post looks way easier)
2. I was setting my bike up in T-1 race morning and over heard another racer ask an official what they were looking for while inspecting bikes. The official gave the usual answers about plugs in bar ends, but then they said they were checking for seat-posts, that bikes had to have seat posts. This caught my attention, so I asked "So people aren't allowed to ride Dimonds?" (I've been toying with the idea of buying one). She said that I was correct, no Dimonds, but I saw at least 1 pro and 2 age groupers on Dimonds, so I'm confident she was wrong. But I'm wondering if there is another rule she's misinterpreting (I could't find anything about seat tubes).
1. I noticed that there is a lot of different ways people put their bike stickers on. In the WTC races I've done I have always put the sticker on as instructed on the back of the sheet. I never do it perfect, and it always ends up wrinkled. I see other people cutting their stickers and apply them to the seat post or seat tube vertically, I saw one where they had the sticker on the Head Tube, another on the down tube, etc. So, Has anyone ever been told their bike number was on incorrectly and been told to fix it? (because cutting in half and applying vertically to seat tube/seat post looks way easier)
2. I was setting my bike up in T-1 race morning and over heard another racer ask an official what they were looking for while inspecting bikes. The official gave the usual answers about plugs in bar ends, but then they said they were checking for seat-posts, that bikes had to have seat posts. This caught my attention, so I asked "So people aren't allowed to ride Dimonds?" (I've been toying with the idea of buying one). She said that I was correct, no Dimonds, but I saw at least 1 pro and 2 age groupers on Dimonds, so I'm confident she was wrong. But I'm wondering if there is another rule she's misinterpreting (I could't find anything about seat tubes).