Originally Posted by botto
Looks like USA Cycling is aware of the "Fred Behaviour" issues as well.
One of their rule changes for 2007 (this has to the most obvious rule in the book, but sadly it seems there's some idiots out there who have tried it):
Radio Usage
The rule for radio usage during races has been clarified to eliminate
the possibility of riders wearing audio playback devices (Walkmans, MP3
players, etc…) during a race.
Good thing they cleared that up. Whew.
Once I get my surgically implanted bluetooth iPod headphones they'll never catch me.