Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
We just pin the top one with 4 pins instead of 8. Actually takes less time to remove the pins and can be done by anyone regardless of whether or not they have scissors.
I use more pins for both numbers for early season races (aka colder weather). As you said unpinning a number is pretty quick - I usually unpin the top one. In the summer it's nice to have a dry jersey so I'll pin the number on a second jersey.
I hate flapping numbers so I'll use a lot of pins. This was a rush job as I was helping the promoter with the race and then realized my race was going to start shortly:
