Marek Litinsky
Just to be clear. The slower moving fields are routinely (7 out of 10?) used as a road furniture to be used in attempts of getting away from the main pack. It's unfortunate but unless this exact act will be banned, punishable and enforceable I don't see change in the near future. I could feel one way or another about it but ever since some of us actually race bikes out there I will keep trying to hold on wheels of people attacking at any point of the race. Again, I don't condone it but it happens way too often to just let people in your race go.
There's also other side of the coin though. On the highways, with cars moving at high speeds without any racing allowed its deemed highly unsafe to pass way too slowly moving vehicles. Yet it's perfectly fine to allow groups of bike racers to attempt to pass at various speeds all the time without much regulations or limits in our races. The much slower moving fields should take a part in the responsibility for safety of us all. This is not traffic/commute situation when passing vehicle bears responsibility for safe passing. If it would be traffic-like situation you wouldn't be there.
It's the race where people don't think straight. Again unfortunate but that's reality.
> On May 10, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Scott Jones via OBRA wrote:
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> This is NOT a new occurrence. It has been happening for years. It really seems like the guys just don't care to move over even a few feet and safely pass others, all while making them feel comfortable on the race course. It's not like this is a narrow 1 lane road and passing is difficult.
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> Come on guys, just move over already.
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>> On May 10, 2016 11:07 AM, "Hazel via OBRA" wrote:
>> So, every Monday Jordan gives the men's field the same speech about passing the women's fields respectfully and safely. Every week this doesn't happen. PIR is a wide open course with plenty of space for safe passing. Our fields are never more then 20 people. Yet for some reason, almost every time our fields are overtaken it is done super close and often with men cutting right in front of us. We've even been run off the course in the past. We are racing too and we deserve respect and courtesy from the other fields out there, we're not road furniture to be used as a racing tactic. There has been a lot of work put into growing the women's racing fields but when people get shoulder checked out there, there's a good chance they won't come back. I want to thank all the guys who have spoken up and tried to call out people in their fields that are not passing safely.
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