anti hipster legislation

not that any of this really affects me as an inept amateur racer

Fixie Hipsters Need Not Apply
Also Fixed gear bicycles will not be allowed in cyclocross events, all bikes must have a freewheel and two brakes: UR10.18 1M3 Cyclocross bikes – freewheel – Tom Simonson. This makes it clear that all cyclo-cross bikes must have a freewheel. 1M3. Bicycle Types (a).. (b) For road, cyclocross (including single speed classes) and MTB races, only a bicycle with a freewheel and one working brake on each wheel shall be used, except as allowed elsewhere in these rules.”

source: cyclocross magazine

I've only raced one race with against someone on a fixed gear and he whooped me and most of the field. I'm not too keen on the necessity of outlawing fixed gears in cross. Maybe in areas with larger fixter populations a deluge of inexperience poorly controlled fixies have proven a nuisance and safety hazard in the races. I feel that this proposed legislation along with the banning of carbon wheels and tubular tires for kiddies is a bit too prescriptive / "we know whats right for you". Mandating front and rear brakes makes plenty of sense. I would most likely never race on a fixed gear bike, but I fail to see the reasoning behind banning a bike if its fixed gear and has a front and rear brake.

Perhaps the cx magistrates may have taken on the nativist m.o., and fixed gears and expensive wheels for juniors do not constitute or contribute to true cyclocross culture. Deviation from whatever their vision of cyclocross culture dilutes and possibly even compromises the integrity of the sport. In theory then, cross culture was founded by those who rode freewheels and did not spend freely on their children. The success and maintenance of cyclocross demands relying on these foundations.

I find these odd, but not odd enough to contact a representative

not that any of this proposed legislation will hamper (or really concern me whatsoever) my pitiful efforts in cyclocross. also there is a clause at the end of the fixed gear proposal that allows for exceptions except as allowed elsewhere in these rules.