| Missed this post today... must work less!
Firstly, a valid point for discussion Dom, but no vote from me cos I don't care enough.
Whether or not the bikes are checked is neither here nor there for me, but the rules need to be in place because most (if not all) riders/teams want to play fair and will voluntarily not break them.
If we go down the road of "no parc ferme, no rules" then it just turns into cheque-book racing.
And as I found out at Snet, you don't have to mess around with your OWN bike to cheat! If someone is wanting to cheat then they'll do so one way or another, but that's just like going out shopping to buy a trophy... their victory would mean nothing, but if found out then they would almost certainly be taken behind the bogs for a 'chat'! | 
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