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Follow the USA Cycling Rule Book:

THE USA CYCLING RULE BOOK

Rubber City Meltdown
This criterium is a mass start, draft legal, event based on placing and laps completed and not time. A minimum of twenty riders is required for each race. In the event the minimum is not met, that will race category, but not the prize list, will combined with the next appropriate race or cancelled.

Please read the following rules requirements by which each event will be run.
1. It is the rider's responsibility to enter a race in the proper class and category. The fact that the registrars accepted the incorrect entry will not be taken as an excuse.
2. Acceptance of Risk. (a) All those who compete in any of the events authorized under these rules do so at their own risk, and no liability shall attach to 331 Promotions LLC or any of its officials with respect to any loss or injury sustained or caused by anyone competing in events.
(b) All riders must sign and submit a written entry form which includes the terms of the Rubber City Meltdown (RCM) Racer Entry Blank and Release Form, as then published by 331 Promotions LLC to the organizer before each race. By competing in a race conducted under 331 Promotions LLC rules, a rider, or a parent or legal guardian who permits a minor rider to compete, acknowledges understanding and acceptance of the regulations covering the event and agreement to the terms of the RCM's Racer Entry Blank and Release Form (as published by 331 Promotions LLC), and those terms shall be binding even when no proper entry form has been signed and submitted for a rider.
3. Bicycle Dimensions and Restrictions. Bicycles used in competition must be propelled solely by the rider's legs and shall have the following characteristics:
(a) Bicycles may be no more than 2 meters long and 75 cm wide. For this race, only a bicycle with a freewheel and one working brake on each wheel shall be used.
(b) There may be no protective shield, fairing, or other device on any part of the bicycle, which has the effect of reducing air resistance.
(c) Bicycles commonly known as recumbent and/or tandem may not be raced.
(d) A bicycle with handlebars offering forearm support or bar ends is not a mass start bicycle and may not be raced in this event.
4. Riders are responsible for their selection of competition equipment and for taking reasonable precautions to insure that its condition is adequate and safe for use in competition.
(a) To maintain compliance with these regulations, the equipment and uniform of one or more riders may be examined at any time to discover the use of items which are not allowed or which are obviously improperly adjusted, insecurely fastened, or which may present a danger to the rider(s). The Race Official shall prohibit the use of any such items discovered during the examination. Such examinations are conducted at the discretion of the Race Official. An examination of every rider's equipment is not required.
(b) The race organizer, sponsor, and their respective agents, officials, employees and volunteers, shall not be liable for any damages or injuries arising from or connected in any way with the condition or adequacy of any rider's competition equipment or uniform, regardless of whether or not such competition equipment or uniform was examined or was not determined to be in violation of the rules.
5. Helmets. At all times when participating in this event, including pre and post race activities, any rider on a bicycle shall wear a protective, securely fastened helmet that satisfies the standards specified by either the US DOT helmet standards or one of the following standards: (A) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard Z90.4; (B) Snell Memorial Foundation Standard "B" or "N" series; (C) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard F-1447. (D) Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standard CAN/CSA-D113.2-M; (E) U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standard for bicycle helmets; (F) European CE standard (EN1078)
6. Jerseys must be worn in all races and shall cover the shoulders. Race official and or promoter may refuse entry or disqualify any rider with language on their clothing that may be seen, by the official/promoter, as offensive.
7. Non-handheld radios with or without earpieces and/or audio playback devices of any kind are expressly forbidden.
8. Race Numbers: Riders shall place their numbers as prescribed by the officials and in such a way that they are visible when the rider is in a racing position. Hip numbers shall be attached securely at least at the four corners and no accessory may cover them. If shoulder or frame numbers are provided, they too shall be placed as prescribed. Numbers may not be folded, trimmed, crumpled, or otherwise defaced.
9. Race Start: All competitors shall be started in the same manner, all with one foot on the ground. This a mass start for each race.
10. Judging. The finish of a race shall be judged when the front tire first penetrates the imaginary vertical plane passing through the leading edge of the finish line.
(a) Should the bell be rung by error at the wrong lap, the Race Official shall record the order of the finish at the end of that lap. The Race Official shall decide whether to declare these results final or rerun some/all of the race. The Race Official may bar from the rerun any rider who appeared to have no chance to win a prize had the bell been rung on the proper lap.
(b) Should two or more riders make a dead heat for first place only, they shall reride the final sprint for 1,000 meters on road bicycles to determine the winner. If the dead heat is for any other place, the riders concerned shall be declared equal and the prizes for those places shall be added and equally divided
11. Rules and Course. It is the rider's responsibility to familiarize himself with the rules of the event and the race course before the start of the race. Riders may not take any other route, short cut or sit out of and rejoin the race [disqualification].
12. Withdrawal. Riders must immediately follow a Race Official's order to withdraw from the race.
13. Abuse.
(a) No rider may be disrespectful toward organizers, officials, riders or spectators [disqualification].
(b) No rider may use foul or abusive language or conduct during a race event [disqualification].
(c) No rider may assault (an unlawful attempt, coupled with the present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another) or do battery (any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another) to anyone connected with any event (including but not limited to riders, officials, spectators, public officials, etc...)
14. No rider may make an abrupt motion so as to interfere with the forward progress of another rider, either intentionally or by accident [relegation or disqualification]
15. Dangerous Rider. Any rider who appears to present a danger to the other competitors may be disqualified by the Race Official, either before, during, or after a race.
16. Pushing or pulling among riders is prohibited in all races No rider may hold back or pull an opponent by any part of his or her clothing, equipment or body [relegation or disqualification].
17. Competitors may make no progress unaccompanied by a bicycle [relegation or disqualification]. In the case of a crash, they may run with their bicycles to the finish line, staying on the course.
18. All protests concerning the order of finish shall be examined and resolved by the Race Official, whose decision is final and without appeal.
Ten minutes after posting, the official results are final.
19. Criterium: This criterium is a circuit race held on a small course entirely closed to traffic with the exception of police controlled crossing on North St.
(a). Riders may only ride in a forward direction on the course
(b). The following is the method for handling lapped riders in this criterium (i.e. riders who have been caught by the lead rider(s) in the race):
(1) Lapped riders may be permitted to remain in the race and all will finish on the same lap as the leaders. At the finish, these riders will be placed according to the number of the laps they are down and then their position in the finish. A rider who falls so far behind as to be considered out of contention may be removed from the race by the Race Official. (c)Riders on different laps may work with each other except that no rider may drop back to assist a rider who has broken away from the field [disqualification of all riders involved in providing or for accepting such assistance].
20. Free Lap Rule, Wheel Pit, Feed Zone/Hand ups: Due to the configuration of this course there will be no free lap, wheel/equipment changes or water/feed hand ups permitted unless permitted by the Race Official. 21. Feeding is not permitted anywhere on the course unless specifically authorized by the Race Official.
22. Primes are sprints within a race. They may be for the lead riders or any group or field of riders. A bell shall be sounded on the lap preceding the prime sprint at the appropriate line for that prime sprint. The line used for prime sprints will be the same as the start / finish line. Primes will be either predetermined for certain laps or spontaneously designated under the supervision of the Race Official. All primes won shall be awarded to riders even if they withdraw from the race. Lapped riders are not eligible for primes except in the following situation: when a breakaway has lapped the main field, riders in the main field and the breakaway riders are then both eligible for primes. When primes are announced for a given group, only riders in that group or behind it at the beginning of the prime lap are eligible.
23. Field finish option. If two or more riders have lapped, or are about to lap, a substantial group of riders, the Race Official may direct all lapped riders to sprint early, usually two to four laps before the end of the race, then all lapped racers must retire from the race. The decision to do this shall be communicated to the riders several laps in advance of the sprint. No continuing rider may take pace from a rider who has finished [disqualification for both riders].
24. Race promoters and Race Official reserve the right combine and/or cancel any race at any time due to lack of participation as well as natural or man made occurrences beyond their control.