• Track bikes must have a fixed wheel, drop bars*,165mm cranks, and 280mm (11”) bottom bracket height (measured from floor to centre of bottom bracket), no braze ons, and must have track ends.(*Exceptions for Pursuit Efforts or Adaptation for Paracycling)
• Coaches must advise riders to check their own bikes before taking to the track, including: tyres, chain tension, wheel nuts and cleanliness. If a “fixie” bike is used, that matches the dimensions above, and has braze ons or cast cable or gear stops, the projections must be padded with foam and taped over with insulating tape.
• Use Continental, Schwalbe, Tufo or Vittoria clinchers or tubulars (black tread only), 21 mm wide or wider.

Recommended clinchers and tubulars
Make	Model	Width
Conti	Sonderklasse 165/175	22mm
Conti	Tempo	22mm
Schwalbe	Durano Skid	22 and 25mm
Schwalbe	Ultremo ZX or DD	22 to 25mm
Tufo	Calibra Lite	23mm
Tufo	S3 Lite & Elite	21mm
Tufo	S33 Pro	21mm
Vittoria	Pista EVO CL & CS	22mm
Vittoria	Diamante Pro pista	23mm
Vittoria	Rubino Pro slick	23mm
Vittoria	Zaffiro Pro slick	23mm

• Tyres must be inflated to 8 bar (119psi), and the pressures, and tyre condition checked regularly. Do not use Michelin tyres or any dual compound tyres or tyres with coloured treads. Other tyres and tubulars may in future be recommended after analysis. Do not use tub tape to fix tubulars to sprint rims – use proprietary rim cement. Manufacturers of deep section carbon rims state that the warranty is invalidated if rim cement is used, so do not these rims and tubulars that are fixed with tub tape.
• Do not use brand new tyres on the track without first preparing them thus; rub the surface with white vinegar before use. Ride the first three laps on the Cote d’Azure or bottom of track. If the track bike has been ridden externally, then the tyres must be cleaned as above.
• No spare sprocket on double rear hub.
• Bar ends must be fitted, and secure in handlebars.
• No quick release spindles. Wheel spindles should not extend beyond the track nuts, front and rear, and should be sawn off flush with the nut, and filed smooth.
• Recommended gears for novices, and all riders on taster sessions - 84” gear adults, 74” for 9 -12 year olds.
• The gearing on Velodrome hire bikes range from 74.3” (44 x 16) to 84.4” (50 x 16).
• Gearing for all endurance SQT’s, including Madison and Derny, shall be restricted to 88” at most. It does not apply to Sprint or Sprint/Keirin SQT’s. However, youth accredited riders should ride a gear as per the relevant Youth category gearing in BC Technical Regulations, or lower – see table.

• Riders must not carry any object or device on them or on their bike that could drop onto the track. Riders may not wear or use on the track any music player, recorder, or radio communication system. Neither may riders use video recording equipment on their person, on their bike, or fixed to any of the permiter railings. 
• Any electronic device with display (for instance speedometer or power meter) must be attached securely, and positioned so that it cannot be read by the rider whilst in motion.

Last updated March 2019