Linnega, I have to disagree. The timing bit isn?t relevant. The timing system and seeding system in cycling has been working for years before CSA wanted a slice of the $ pie. They still have nothing to do with it. In short we not getting anything for the money we pay. If they start lobbing the Government over cycling safety I will change my opinion over what I consider ?Cycling TAX?. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> There is nothing stopping CSA of adopting ASA method and getting a sponsor for numbers/disk(similar to the ones used by the pros that fastens on to the bike). They can preprint them, pre distribute them and it can be as simples as walking in to a shop/club and buying a disk and walking out with it. The bikes can then be check for their disks at races in the same way that ASA check for the cloth licenses. You could even have two different colored disks/plates, with the same license number, one for road and one for your MTB. Coming back to running. Accurate timing isn?t important as seeding isn?t an issue. On the bigger races, like <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Two Oceans and Comrades, Championchip is used. I stand corrected but I was under the impression that Comrades was the first user of Championchip in the country. They even make it possible to track an runner through about 4 mats on the route during the race. The smaller races does not use chips to keep the costs down. Unlike cycling you can still do a running race for R40.
