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TT on a fixed gear

  • 29-01-2014 7:18am
    #1
    Harrybelafonte
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    I've seen quite a number of TTers in the UK use fixed gear bikes. I know TTs have a different history there and seem much more popular but are they run under the same rules as here? In other words could I show up at a TT here with my track bike, throw a brake on the front and race?


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  • #2
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    My understanding is that you can. I recall one person riding a fixed gear bike in the Nationals a few years ago.


  • #3
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    I thought the UCI had banned fixies in TTs? I know one guy who does the IVCA TTs on a fixie, but the IVCA are not within UCI rules (which may also be the case for some British organisations)

    See here
    Article 1.3.026
    For races on the road and cyclo-cross, the use of fixed sprocket is forbidden: a braking system that acts on both wheels is required.


  • #4
    rosscollins 1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭rosscollins 1988


    Can't do it in Nationals only as they follow strict UCI rules. I've ridden mine in two 10s last year and it was used by a teammate at tour of ulster. At TOU I asked the comm before hand to make sure it was alright. Also Ian Inglis won the TT in Newry 3 day on his track bike.

    But as you know my bike is a TT bike so I could stick f+r brakes on it. You should have no issues if using it at the Dundalk TT league.

    In the UK a bike must have two independent braking sources to be road legal - and controlling the back wheel by your pedals is deemed as a brake - but they require a lockring if no back brake


  • #5
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Ah, didn't realise they'd changed the rules. It was a few years ago now that I spotted a fixed in the Nationals.


  • #6
    Beasty
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    Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »
    Ah, didn't realise they'd changed the rules. It was a few years ago now that I spotted a fixed in the Nationals.
    Michael Hutchinson used to ride the UKs on one but I saw him mention somewhere that he couldn't any more


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  • #7
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Thanks guys, just something I'm considering at the moment. Anyway, I'll close it up with:

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    Wish I could do a spin without a helmet sometime, looks so much fresher.


  • #8
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Beasty wrote: »
    Michael Hutchinson used to ride the UKs on one but I saw him mention somewhere that he couldn't any more

    Just remembered Stuart O'Grady did the Giro prologue on fixed one year too.
    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Wish I could do a spin without a helmet sometime, looks so much fresher.

    Having to wear a helmet in a TT is a daft rule, IMO.


  • #9
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,220 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    AFAIK you can use a SS provided that it has front and rear brakes.

    "Bicycles used in road events must be fitted with an efficient braking system that acts on both wheels (either simultaneously or independently) operated by two brake levers. The use of a fixed gear in competition is prohibited"


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