Check the ITU rules for language around anthropomorphogical exceptions?

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i don't see an ME in those rules. these rules are quite arcane, going back 30 and more years. in 1989 or thereabouts kestrel came out with the first geometric copy of our bikes, and the FC was 65.2cm or something. this was at interbike, and i informed them of the rules and they quickly pulled the documentation showing the geometry. no one was the wiser, i never said anything, publicly, just privately to kestrel that if they're going to copy my bikes make sure they do it with some care *(the FC on our largest size was 64.9cm, for this very reason).

for the last 30 years what i've basically seen from triathlon is that we're really really really really zone in on equality and fairness, but, specifically for women and the physically challenged. tall and short people can eff themselves. and because women are often short, one hand giveth fairness, the other hand taketh away. however, i will say that the ITU has done a pretty good job, in general, of accommodating women... in the racing it cares about, which is draft-legal.

is there an ME for short or tall people for no-draft bikes? i can't find it in the rules. maybe somebody else can. hard to imagine the UCI is actually more fair than the ITU. but if there is no ME, then...

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

I did ITU Cozumel in 2016 on a bike that had a front center of 53.9 cm.

Nobody bothered to measure anyone's bike as far as i know.