this bike came up in my FB memories this morning from 2017. I was Chief TO at a tri when an athlete rocked up with this Falco bike. It wasn’t on the WT approved bike list and never would be as the manufacturer was no longer in business. The guy racing on it had only ever used it in IM events and wasn’t aware of the WT/BTF ruling on beam bikes. I let him race on the proviso that if he was in a podium spot his result would be annulled so only those racing on legal bikes would get a gong. He didn’t place as it happened.
Shame - it really looked smart and was so clean you could eat a meal off it!
they are allowed if they are on the World Triathlon approved bikes list for non-traditional or unusual frames. Because of their inherent “unsafe” design, the manufacturer needs to submit results of crash tests to show they are not going to cause problems when racing.
The latest Scott Addict or Foil is about £14K I think, pricing a lot of people out of the market.
Been looking at TT bikes, there’s no Cervelo TT bikes in the country apparently. Got suggested a different brand but electric gears only which increases the cost and although I’ve had them and like them I’d rather pay less and have mechanical gears.