Wheel Rules For Racing

[steve23]

i guess that there are some rules as far as what wheels you can use for racing!!??

im on about road racing, is there a certain depth rim you must not exceed for it to be legal to race on?

thanks

 

[walker]

I'd adhure to the BC rules, should be able to find them on the website.

All I know is no disc's are allowed on any racing other than track and TT's.

 

[steve23]

ive had a look on the BC website, but can only find the rules for youth racing!

 

[walker]

then there are no rules

I'm sure when you get your BC licence it states it somewhere in the handbook. But I threw mine away ages ago.

 

[Steve Austin]

check the rules here

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/bcf/rulebook.asp

 

[fossyant]

Thought it was no less than 20 spokes for Road racing, and also regs with rim depth, but most fall within those rules anyway

 

[Will1985]

It is 16 spokes, so the old style campag shamals are out as they have 12 spokes. (Rule #1.3.018) I'm pretty sure that somewere there is a list of <20 spoke count wheels which are approved.

I also spotted a thread on timetriallingforum the other day about the new Zipp 1080 wheelset - the rear is legal, but the front is not (in this case time trialling) as there is too much surface area.

 

[wafflycat]

There are UCI rules as to what is acceptable or not. Same as CTT has rules about what is acceptable for time trials.

 

[walker]

Steve, if your going in at cat 4, I wouldn't get to caught up in the rules, Rim Depth will be a dead give away but spoke count and bike weight arn't going to be noticed, that sort of stuff is when you hit cat 2 and above, and even then you would be unlucky to have been caught. No one gets stuck at a weighing scale or a calculator at many races these days

 

[Will1985]

I'm aware of rim depths/area for TTing, but what are they for racing? T-Mobile had rather deep wheels at the Tour, but for BChave they set a national limit?
I suppose Cosmic Carbones are fine at 55mm, and no doubt HED Jet 60s are ok, but are you pushing it after that?

 

[walker]

I'm sure as long as you use your own initiative you should be ok. if you go to your first race with deep rim's and a carbon fibre stead looking for the win only to be blowing out your arse into the 10th lap your going to look a little bit of a plum. go with what you got, attend a race to see what some of the other lads and ladies are using and go from there.