Aerobars and sprint TT's
Rule changes ...
For
those of you riding kilos or 500m TT's, there's been a rule change as
of Feb this year that you may have missed. It is now illegal (unless
you have a morphological exemption) to use aero bars/clip ons for the
500 and kilo AND be closer than 50mm to the bottom bracket. Sprint
events (sprint, team sprint, kilo, 500, keirin) allow you to position
your saddle up to 0mm behind the bottom bracket and this, until
February, was ok including the use of aerobars, :
1.3.013 The
peak of the saddle shall be a minimum of 5 cm to the rear of a vertical
plane passing through the bottom bracket spindle. This restriction shall
not be applied to the bicycle ridden by a rider in a sprint event on
track (flying 200 m, flying lap, sprint, team sprint, keirin, 500 metres
and 1 kilometre); however, in no circumstances shall the peak of the
saddle extend in front of a vertical line passing through the bottom
bracket spindle.
but rule 1.3.023 overrides this rule :
1.3.023 For road time trials and individual and team pursuit on the
track, a fixed extension may be added to the steering system; in this
instance, only a position where the forearms are in the horizontal plane
is permitted. It is also possible to add a handlebar extension for the
500 m and kilometre time trials on the track, but in this case, the
position of the tip of the saddle must be at least 5 cm behind the
vertical plane passing through the bottom bracket axle.
This is
effective as of Feb 2013. If you have an older copy of the rules,
1.3.023 HAS CHANGED. Anyone training for kilos or 500's needs to be
aware of this rule change if you're intending to use aero bars. I
expect (but am not certain) that the same applies to masters riding 750m
ITT's.
I hope this helps clear up a little confusion about the matter.
The rule is here :
http://www.uci.ch/includes/asp/getTarget.asp?type=FILE&id=34033