Why No Triathlon Bikes in the Olympics?

There are definitely some triathlon bikes there; however ITU rules say that the bikes must be setup with drop bars, the aerobars cannot extend past the brake hoods, you can only use spoked wheels (no discs or Hed3's) along with a few other details.

The reason is that they are allowed to draft so the majority of riders will spend most of their time on the hoods or in the drops, except when pulling at the front, on a breakaway or they have fallen off the back at which point they will drop into the aero position.

Shane

ITU regs places limits on the design of a bike. ITU style racing more akin to a CRIT than a TT. Even if a TT bike was legal, it wouldn't necessarily be desirable because a road style bike is easier to handle in a group.

There really isn't any debate of what style is 'faster'. Which why a TT bike is preferred in a TT. Road bike are more versatile in regard to climbing, cornering and attacking which makes them a better choice for a road race.

I was posting in another thread how horrible the NBC website is. In order to watch the events live, you need a US zipcode, but when you put in a US zipcode a message appears that NBC has blocked the live video stream to all US zip codes.

Their "live" updates are about an hour behind the official olympic site.

Ha! I think NBC and it's website are a joke.

Perhaps others are having better luck, but NBC Sports has become a joke in sports programming.

Hmm... I'm having no problems watching the road race, and I'm even able to pull up the US women's soccer game, which is actually on TV as well.

It must just be because my IP Address is not in the US. I was able to watch it live streaming from the BBC and was online talking with a friend in the US, who was watching the road race on NBC. He said NBC was about 10 minutes behind what I was watching on BBC. I saw the ending and had to wait 10 minutes for his NBC coverage to finish to talk about the race so I wouldn't spoil it for him. NBC must be on a serious time delay.

Like I said, must be something in my settings that NBC has blocked. Luckily I can see other streaming videos.