I looked at the results after watching the race in person and noticed some things that did not make sense to me...First, there were a large number of Ceepo bikes that did not show up in the count. What about Merlin? - I saw a handful of those (I ride one, so I noticed more than three - which is what Teschner, Fuji and Ridley had). I saw at least 3 Planet X bikes - I know nothing about them, but know that there are a few people who ride them on here, so I noticed. I saw at least 3 Sevens and Serottas as well. There were more than 3 Storck bikes, and I counted 3 Isaacs in the first 200 bikes on the course. What about Erox? I know there were 2 in the top 200. Heck, they counted 1694 kits (Shimano, Campy, SRAM) on the bikes but only 1429 bikes? WTF?
Enough of my random musings...Statistically, there were 1855 people that were issued race numbers. According to IM Live, 1788 started the race - which means that there should be at least 1788 bikes racked and ready to race. The actual number of bikes counted in the poll were 1429 (add them yourself if you don't believe me). That means that there are 359 bikes unaccounted for (using 1788 starters). It means that there were 265 bikes that the counters looked at, counted the drivetrain (Sram, Campy, Shimano) and forgot to couont the bike. 1788 starters and 1429 bikes counted means that the counters missed over 20% of the frames in the field. Look back over past years counts - Seven, Serotta, Ceepo, Cube, Merlin, etc...weren't left out then. If this is going to be reported on, do we need an indepenent accounting firm? If I were Planet X, I'd really want to know how many of my bikes were out there. I know Guru did their own independent count. I am sure many here would love to see how theirs matched up.
There is no doubt that Cervelo and Kuota had numbers that probably would mirror a true, accurate count, but missing 20% of the field is unacceptable when so many people look at this count.
Enough of my random musings...Statistically, there were 1855 people that were issued race numbers. According to IM Live, 1788 started the race - which means that there should be at least 1788 bikes racked and ready to race. The actual number of bikes counted in the poll were 1429 (add them yourself if you don't believe me). That means that there are 359 bikes unaccounted for (using 1788 starters). It means that there were 265 bikes that the counters looked at, counted the drivetrain (Sram, Campy, Shimano) and forgot to couont the bike. 1788 starters and 1429 bikes counted means that the counters missed over 20% of the frames in the field. Look back over past years counts - Seven, Serotta, Ceepo, Cube, Merlin, etc...weren't left out then. If this is going to be reported on, do we need an indepenent accounting firm? If I were Planet X, I'd really want to know how many of my bikes were out there. I know Guru did their own independent count. I am sure many here would love to see how theirs matched up.
There is no doubt that Cervelo and Kuota had numbers that probably would mirror a true, accurate count, but missing 20% of the field is unacceptable when so many people look at this count.