It seems i left my commuting light on my bike. I noticed it when i was putting my bike back into my car, but obviously that was way too late.its ok i don't think i really ever had style to begin with.
pic courtesy of Sam Hill
BIkepacking Durango to Moab
1 year ago
4 comments:
There are some unwritten rules about "accessories" that are permissible in races. Go forth and sin no more.
No: Lights or light brackets
No: Mirrors
No: Camelbak
No: Fenders (although rapidly becoming "cool" for training)
Yes: Framepump, only if you rode to the race, and if the rest of your bike is pretty high-end (see Stuart O'Grady's bike from the warmup crit in this year's Tour Down Under)
Yes: Seat bag (see framepump)
Yes: Powermeter/computer
wow. no light brackets either. i'm way to lazy to unscrew the single phillips head screw on and off every weekend. but i guess i'll have to overcome that.
I'm surprised by the yes for the framepump and seat bag.
So by no means did i mean to leave the light itself on there, i'm fairly aware of many do's and don'ts. someone should have taken more pictures at the Roubaix i did earlier this year because all the no's were terribly abused.
Though on a sidenote i did notice one of the Harley guys had a fender on his race bike this past weekend...whether or not it was present during the race who knows. i converted previously though, i'm a fan of the fenders, save race time.
Although most of the rules can be broken if you refer to the race as a "training race."
But the Camelbak and mirror rules apply all the time.
I don't write 'em, I just enforce 'em.
very good things to know.
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