Originally Posted by
queerpunk
There's a rigorous bike check. Full check and weigh in, each event. At Elite Nats, it's tended to be "full check and weigh in early in the week, waved through subsequently."
And we have to get checked before every event (and each day, even if it's a multi-day event like the sprints). And after it's checked, it goes on a rack nearby...you can't take it away, or else you have to check it again before racing.
(I'm no UCI spring chicken)