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UCI Regulation - Saddle Setback?
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 1:02pm
The UCI rule 1.3.013 states the following: 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 track sprint event, keirin, 500 metres or 1 kilometre time trials; however, in no circumstances shall the peak of the saddle extend in front of a vertical line passing through the bottom bracket spindle.
I have found that this is impossible to achieve on smaller bicycles (50cm or less), especially when the seat-tube angle is 75 degrees or more, even when the saddle is not slid very far forward. Does this mean the bike is illegal? Casey?
Norcal_junior wrote:actually, I think the rule is bad for just about everyone... did you guys hear that chopped sadles are now illegal too?
Check out the ISM Adamo saddle. It's kind of weird, but it helps in these situations. It allowed me to keep the same position while having my measurement go from an illegal 3cm behind the BB to a legal 5cm behind the BB. Several riders including myself used this saddle at Master's worlds in the TT last year with no problems.
http://www.blackwellresearch.com/p_seats.htm
Kevin Metcalfe
Team Specialized Masters
Questions like this ( about enforcement of UCI rules) are a bit beyond me. You would be better off going directly to USAC Technical director Shawn Farrell sfarrell@usacycling.org to get a good answer. Yes small and large riders are allowed some leeway but UCI seems to change their interpretations of their own rules quite often.
actually, I think the rule is bad for just about everyone... did you guys hear that chopped sadles are now illegal too?
-David
bikedude0 wrote:Sure, but that only allows the tip of the knee to be over the pedal spindle or behind it. The whole point is to get more forward over the cranks. The rule is biased against short people.
The rule isn't so hot for tall people either...
Kevin Metcalfe
Team Specialized Masters
Sure, but that only allows the tip of the knee to be over the pedal spindle or behind it. The whole point is to get more forward over the cranks. The rule is biased against short people.
Kelly Silberberg
Does your rider qualify under the morphological exception?