1.

No participant may compete without wearing a cycling helmet. Only commercially produced helmets, meeting ANSI Z90/4 or Snell standards, may be worn. Gloves are recommended.

2.

No participant is allowed to be younger than the age of 12 years on the day of the race.

3.

Participants must obey the instructions of the traffic officers and marshals and comply strictly with the rules of the road, save where authorised by traffic officers and marshals. In particular, participants are warned to keep to the left of the road and to remain on the sections of the road demarcated for them. Participants may be required to stop at certain intersections.

4.

Only conventional bicycles and conventional tandems may be ridden. BMX bicycles and tandems with disc or covered wheels are deemed to be conventional. Bicycles and tandems with fairing or attachments to improve airflow, supine recumbent, extended bicycles, tricycles, machines known as human powered vehicles (HPVs) and other similar machines are deemed to be unconventional and are not permitted to enter without the express permission of the organisers.

4.1.

Bicycles, tandems and other machines fitted with unconventional handlebars including triathlon-bars, aerobars, clip-ons, prayer-bars, turned-up-bars and cow-bars are not permitted in any category. ATB bar-ends are permitted on mountain bikes.

4.2.

Any participant who is in any doubt whether his bicycle, tandem or machine may be ridden in the event and, if so, in which category, is advised to contact the organisers well beforehand.

4.3.

Whilst there is no separate mountain bike category, there is a separate award for the fastest male and female finishers on a mountain bike. Anyone who believes that he/she may qualify for this award must present their mountain bike for inspection immediately after finishing to the finish judges located after the finish chutes. The organisers can then confirm that the bike has the following specifications: The frame must be a dedicated mountain bike frame, with or without suspension, with cantilever brakes or disc brakes. It must have the ability to accept 26" knobbly tyres that have a cross-section of 2,2" (56mm). It must be fitted with straight type handlebars. Brahma type bars and bar-ends are permissible but road-racing handlebars are not. Slick tyres on rims 26" in diameter are permissible, but the cross-section is to have a minimum width of 1 ¼ " (32mm). A triple chaining crank set is to be fitted. Mountain bikes qualify for seeding in the same way as other conventional bicycles.

5.

Timing Chips will not be supplied to entrants as per previous years. Please note you will need to purchase or rent your Timing Chip at a fee over and above the cost of the entry fee. You can contact Winning Time on (021) 685 0003/4 or queries@winningtime.co.za

6.

Only cyclists with a Cycling South Africa (Cycling SA) license will be permitted to start in certain categories. These are Elite and U23, Junior, Juvenile (U16), and Veterans categories for both ladies and men. Restricted gears apply for Juniors and Juveniles. No one will be permitted to compete in these categories without a valid and current Cycling SA license. The size of all these groups will be limited to the top qualifiers based on results in the qualifying events. Licenses must be available for view at registration and on race day. No day licenses will be issued at registration. Race organisers are not responsible for the collection and return of licenses. All licensed riders are to abide by Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge and UCI rules and regulations. The first open groups A, B and C are MALE ONLY. Any women found starting in these groups WILL BE DISQUALIFIED

7.

Seeding events are selected to provide an opportunity for cyclists from all over South Africa to get a seeding. Cyclists will be seeded according to specific criteria set out at the discretion of the organisers. All seeding is done only according to results achieved on the qualifying races. Seeding is the process that puts cyclists of similar ability into the same starting group. It is done to ensure a safe event and to place cyclists with others against whom they can compete enjoyably. Cyclists who believe they have been incorrectly seeded may apply for re-seeding. Re-seeding may be done at the sole discretion of the organizers who will require proof of ability in the form of results. A re-seeding fee is payable if results used are not from the qualifying events. A cyclist may not start in a group with a better seeding, but may move down to a slower group without being penalised. Cyclists starting ahead of their official start group will be disqualified.

8.

Participants must complete the course entirely under their own power and slipstreaming any vehicle or motorbike is prohibited.

9.

No participant may cause or allow any motorised or human powered machine, other than that of another participant, to follow or second him/her.

10.

No participant may, directly or indirectly, take food or drink or any assistance from any moving vehicle, bicycle or machine, at any time, other than from another participant.

11.

The routes will be as supplied and participants must familiarise themselves with the route they are riding. Cycling SA licensed elite men and U23 men will compete as an elite male group in the 94.7 route. Riders who have not participated in one of the qualifying events but believe they may qualify must apply to the race office in writing. The organisers reserve the right to alter the routes in accordance with safety, traffic, construction or other constraints. No protest relating to deviation will be entertained.

12.

The organisers may, at their discretion, decline an entry from anyone who is under suspension or has been banned by any sports controlling body for having used illegal drugs or any other substances; refuse to allow anyone to participate in the race where good grounds exist for such a refusal.

13.

You may not sell your number, or allow anyone else to ride under your number. Should you be in breach of this you will be banned from participating in the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge for 5 years and your details will be forwarded to other Race Organisers. You may organise a substitution with the Race Office. This will be done for a fee of R200.00. The original Entry fee will not be refunded but your original number will be withdrawn.

14.

Failure to comply with any of the foregoing rules may result in disqualification. A protest committee will adjudicate any dispute, including one regarding the interpretation of these rules, and its ruling shall be final and binding. Protests must be submitted in writing within 2 hours of the finishing time to which the protest applies and be accompanied by a deposit of R100. The deposit will be refunded if the protest is upheld.

15.

Participants must complete the course in 6 hours or less, in order to qualify as finishers and to receive a medal. Participants who fail to reach the cut-off points in a specified time will be withdrawn and will not be permitted to continue. Cut-off times will be published in the race pack and will be strictly adhered to. Support services will similarly be withdrawn for that section of the route and the route will be opened to normal traffic.

16.

A team can be one of two kinds - Ride Together or Racing. The members of a team must send their entries in together, enter on the Internet at www.highveld.co.za or use the team entry facility at registration. Each team must be given a unique name. The time for racing teams will be taken as the total time for the first four members of the team. There is no additional fee for a team entry

16.1.

A Ride Together team is for cyclists who wish to start in the same group. Cyclists in a Ride Together team will start in a group determined by the team member with the lowest (slowest) seeding. There is no limit on the number of members in a Ride Together team.

16.2.

Members of a Racing team will each start in the category determined by their seeding. Only Racing Teams in the Elite and U23 group may compete for team prizes. A Racing team must have no less than four (4) and no more than six (6) members. The members of a team must send their entries in together, enter on the Internet at www.highveld.co.za or use the team entry facility at registration.

17.

Waiver: Participants take part entirely at their own risk and agree that they shall have no claim whatsoever against the organising body, any individual or official marshal, assistant, helper or agent, the sponsors or any local authority or their employees, in respect of any loss or damage whatsoever which participants may suffer arising from any injury to their person or loss or damage to their property as a result of, or arising out of, whether directly or indirectly, the participants' arrival and departure there from, attendance at registration, prize-giving or other function thereof, any loss or damage to bicycles or other equipment, however such loss or damage may arise regardless of whether or not the same shall have been caused directly or indirectly by the negligence, albeit gross, of one or more of all the aforementioned parties. Persons signing this entry form as guardian of a minor hereby consent to such minor being bound by the a foregoing and further indemnify the organisers and aforementioned parties to the extent, of any, to which such minor is not capable of waiving his/her rights as stipulated above.