so yeah... California Bicycle Racing
is the shit... all of their crits are 100k this year.. i remember 2 years ago i was talking to Chris Lotts (the worst shit talker in socal) about doing it... its better for the elite riders who travel to have longer home races.. and its better for the young guys to do a longer race since it gets them ready for the distance in bigger races that they want to go do... for a 21 year old to go from 60 min crits to 100k at superweek, or the standard 50 milers on the east coast, or a road race its a shock... so for the sake of development i think doing 100k crits in socal will be way better... i think though that he should kill his 30+ open and make the 30's who are 1 or 2 race with us... for 100k the older riders have an advantage i think... we have VERY good 30+ masters... and leave the 30+ to be a 3/4 for begining riders.. but hey.. i am just happy to have 2 hours of racing when i slog into LA instead of just one stupid hour and i cant do the masters to at least make it worth my while to kill the day at a local race... so good on CBR for stepping it up...
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That is awesome...
I have been begging for this in NC for 3 years...
i dont know what happened.. used to be that all pro am races were at least 50 miles... now they are all like 60 minutes...
Yeah, I think this is a huge step in the right direction. I did the one last year that Chris ran at 100k and it was way fun, and really didn't seem long at all. For people who complain about guys lapping- groups lapped the field on that course when it was a 75 minute race, so what difference does it make??
Promoters take note.
rb
Until you separate out the Cat 2's, running a 2 hour+ crit is bound for issues. Pulling riders sucks. Allowing riders to lap the field and trying to score them separately sucks. Trying to make a crit course long enough to avoid too much lapping is expensive in downtown areas. WA state is already bumping Masters A's to 35+ (sucks to just have turned 30).
Fuck lapped riders. Pull their asses. If you are in a P,1,2 race and get lapped, and then bitch at the promoter or official for pulling you, there needs to be a foot in your ass.
the other 100k races that have happened in socal were fine... when guys get burnt up they go home.. this is socal so people dont like to look stupid in front of other people... its all about image...
Racers with more euro experience than me said that racers who lap the field drop back on the last lap and sprint then...this avoids the time-lag when sifting thru video tape to post the results. For CBR in 2006, we're telling the racers that lapped the field to separate from the group and sprint amongst themselves. This is easily scored, and the racers like it.
shit talker is rite. let the violins play for all of the guilt trippin.
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