Yes the dismount line was VERY clear. Yes there was a ton of help, flag wavers, USAT officials, cones, and on and on and on.
The dismount line is at the bottom of a hill - bright orange line all the way across the road. You get off the bike - go 10 feet, take a left and into the transition you go.
I was there for hours…and the survey says…
Pro / Elite - flyin, down the hill, off the bike ZOOOM…into transition. No issues.
People who THINK they are Pro / Elite…shoes off, jump off the bike fast…then they crash. Get up - look for someone to blame, walk…look back, then run…maybe yell at a flagger or something for being in the way.
FOP, dismount while going SLOW, get their footing, get off the bike and run into transition…most of them taking in some fluids at the same time.
MOP - STOP, get off walk, rub their legs, walk / run into tranisition
**MOP2 **- STOP, take a drink while standing over their bike. Look back. Get off the bike and twist the bike 45 deg or so to block others who are trying to get by. Drop their bottle - lay the bike down to chase the bottle that is rolling away. Get back to their bike, remove their helmet and go hug someone.
BOP - STOP, get off…bitch about the length of the bike, bitch about the pending run…walk shaking your head.
BOP2 - SPRINT down the hill. Freak the shit out of everyone helping (and the USAT official). Blow past the dismount line, the transition, and the turn. Split the spectators like the Red Sea and then…only after looking like a total fuck tard hit the brakes, hit a curb and crash over a bike path. Get up and then yell that people need to indicate the dismount line better (it is hard to hear while going 30mph down a hill passing all of these people who are getting off of their bikes). Note: this happend about five or six times.
What would I know…I was only at the dismount line at SPOT for hours 