Here we go again…
Luis Vincent rear bottle was deemed a fairing and was told to change it. So if this is a fairing, how are those monobars not? I’ve previously not had any issues with them but the inconsistent rule enforcement is interesting.
Credit to PTN for posting this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DXaBqzmFoyZ/?img_index=1&igsh=bXIwNGppM3Z0cDFn
Seems IM just want to be like the NFL so they are copying the catch rule
The monocoque bars are definitely a fairing. I think they were right to disqualify his BTS thing - that’s definitely only there as a fairing. To keep the field somewhat even, I think they should at the very least be two separate poles, but even then that would technically make the stock Speedmax bar illegal so…I don’t know.
Also, his armpads had 3 spikes off them, obviously for airflow as well but honestly - could be deemed unsafe? There are very few crashes with two riders but they just seem like the worst case scenario could be bad…
And yet - you hate to stiffle innovation - so I don’t know what to say. It will never be an “even” playing field.
And these fairing rules are only selectively enforced.
Exhibit A: this bike (original cervelo P5) has been out for well over a decade and those two red things (one over the brake, and the other above it in front of the headtube) are absolutely fairings. And, yet, to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever been DQed (DQed in triathlon) because of them.
Only those that chose to use those fairings in a UCI-enforced race…so basically nobody in triathlon land.
That looks like a flat kit storage holder to me 
Right, but the OP was talking about a disqualification in triathlon, which is where these P5 fairings were used.
Grabs popcorn……
You ain’t unbolting that and fitting it thru that hoop triathlon fairing template. Sorry. The brake covers are a sorry straw man argument because they clearly fit thru the fairing rule hoop for triathlon.
Educate me, what is the “fairing rule hoop for triathlon”?
Is that an ITU rule or USAT rule, or both?
Those old ITU / World Triathlon Long Distance Worlds races would like a word.
I remember seeing this bike in Frankfurt. His time was not allowed or something. So he did finish but he was not in the rankings. That’s the way of the future as far as I’m concerned. Just allow wacky fairings for people who want to go fast and are not riding for rankings and the WCQ.
So are you saying fairings are now allowed on any parts of a bike in all length triathlon events? Or, are you saying the opposite?
I think that bottle holder is doing way more than holding bottles, its a fairing disguised as a bottle holder
No, I’m saying that the Magura covers were illegal in certain triathlons that were covered by the UCI (namely, the old ITU / World Tri Long Distance Champs). And making the joke that nobody cared because…well…nobody races that race.
We’re reaching peak absurdity with the ruleset though.
Per Google ai
Under new 2025 World Triathlon regulations, rear-mounted hydration systems, containers, and fairings must fit completely inside an imaginary 30x30 cm (300mm x 300mm) box.
100% but no one seems to care.
