Changing the bikes, especially the gearing, is not allowed without permission because of the effects the changes might have on the betting odds.
The bettors handicap the riders just as we might handicap horses. Equipment changes will affect that handicapping and thus must be requested in advance and made known to all involved.
Someplace I have a set of keirin rules in Japanese and (thankfully) English...
Later, Jim
Takao Noda wrote:
> Phil Brown wrote;
> >My understandng has always been that MITI
> >used the proceeds from keirin to
> >finance the recovery of the post war Japanese >economy.
>
> Yes, Keirin is within MITI's beat but much of the proceeds has been used by
> local governments . Now Keirin is at crisis, as betters are getting older
> and older and population of betters is decreasing. << Sports Gambling for 37
> Million People >> IS (also WAS) too much exaggeration !
>
> David Feldman wrote;
> >Are the Keirin (probably misspelling) bike equipment stnadards to prevent
> >any rider gaining a slight advantage over another, or a crash-prevention
> >standard in a sprint racing format?
>
> I think both are valid. And I think another reason is that the authority
> fears any accidents caused by mechanical troubles. They might provoke
> betters' doubt of set-up race. In these days I seldom hear of betters' riot
> but when young sometimes I heard of them.
> Takao Noda
> Hachioji Tokyo Japan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Keirin Racing
>
> >
> > In a message dated 1/16/02 5:18:46 AM, richardsachs@juno.com writes:
> >
> >
> >
> > My understandng has always been that MITI used the proceeds from keirin to
> > finance the recovery of the post war Japanese economy.
> > Phil Brown