Originally Posted by
furiousferret
For those of us that have no clue about junior racing, can you elaborate? Do Juniors have to ride specific gearing?
The rollout is 26 feet. USAC doesn't care what gears and wheels get you there as long as you do not go over. The best Juniors have this down to a science and get it within a mm or two without blocking out. The main offenders in my experience are the triathletes who block out. It's not pleasant to tell a kid and his/her parents that he/she is disqualified, I don't like it, but rules are rules. There is a new Technical Director at USAC, so Doge you should make your case. USAC made the no-TT bike exception for under 14 recently, so a precedent was set for road racing.