This rear box rule is squarely targeted at the aero fish that Magnus used at Roth. We cannot find any past examples of anyone else violating this new rear box rule.
Our athletes did not care for the BTA bottles coming back far between their knees, so the BTA rule also does not seem to affect our athletes.
these rules do create confusion. They need to be better written.
Sure would be nice if the rule making bodies would put out drafts for member comment before commiting to new rules.
Yeah one of the main reasons why I’m so excited to get my V8+ is the bottle mounting capability. It seems like it’ll be “legal”.
Yes, no issue there.
It will need a visit from Mr. Dremel to regain legal status. Pretty easy mod though, since the offending fillet is non-structural and non-functional (i.e. not part of the bottle).
Well it looks like Iden found the loophole. Has his bottle bracket mounted off his top tube at IM texas so its way further back (although i guess lower)
It’s interesting, as top tube was included in IM’s original definition of “around the steering axis” mounts, but that’s not included in the new World Tri ones.
God I am tired of talking about water bottles.
Well the IM “top tube” mention was just complete rubbish.
No physically competent human could include ‘top tube’ in the parts of a bike which rotate about the steering (tube) axis. Does the down tube “rotate around the steering axis”?
A good number of the BTA bottle set ups would not satisfy the detail offered in the interpretation doc.
And isn’t what you can mount on the top tube specified in that doc too? Iden’s set up seems doubtful, for Frankfurt (25th May: effective date for implementation (within WT/DTU anyway).
A lot to digest here and not super clear.
So as someone who uses a front aeria (about 750 ml) and two 1 L BTS bottles, I would not be allowed to do that anymore?
Even if I use two 750 ml bottles BTS, that too is over 2L limit in combination with my aeria? Am I reading that right?
It’s 2L per location. So you’re fine.
You are fine and could even add another 1L bottle to the front of your bike as long as it fit within the box.
Ok, thanks. 2L total does seem very small and I was sitting here thinking this is crazy for a long distance race.
I’d have to stop at least twice and others would maybe have to stop more.
Huh? That makes no sense whatsoever. Canyon large reservoir is 700 ml.
Downtube bottle and then two BTS you’re still under 4L by some margin.
How many people actually carry over 4L on their bike though? When I think about my IMAZ setup from a few years ago I had it was under 3L just barely.
3x 750s and a Vision Metron front Hydration system of 700ml.
My comment was about the section where it says you can’t run bottles bts if you have internal frame hydration. I thought it meant any hydration internally in the frame. But after reading it closer, it seems the internal frame hydration is specific to the rear. Like the shiv tri. So canyons and felt ia 2.0’s should fine. At least that’s my current understanding of it.
Yes
That’s not how I’m reading it. I’m possibly missing something. I hope you’re right.
It’s worded pretty horribly. But the key there is “Exception rear” at the top.
And then look at the 2 frame pictures. The one without the BTS has rear hydration behind the seat tube.
Correct the rules are only restricting hydration and storage in three location (not in the frame triangle) the top tube, steering axis and rear.
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