Candi Murray/Oregon Bicycle Racing Assn
2003-07-09
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From: Randy Dreiling [mailto:ran-@pacwest.net]
Hello
I would like to address and explain some things in regard to the Mt Bike
series.
First off I am truely sorry about the delay in my State
Championships results. My computer caught on fired the
night before the State Championships...I scramble to get
a computer for the race...a person down the street used his
for results, problem was he sent results in a file that could
not be read and then with in a couple days he was called
to fight a forest fire...ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT THE RESULTS
HAD BEEN TURNED IN!! It was not until I got a call week half later
about results, as I said I had no computer...I was shocked and called people
right away, by then thankfully Candi found someone to read the results file
I am truely sorry I really did think results we posted
PLEASE in the future call me 541-782-2388
As far as the series I finally had a chance to get on a
computer and I read with interest what people were saying on OBRA topica
Couple quick facts
The number of racers in the Mt Bike Series has grown 3 years in a row and
is up already this year from 2002.
There is NO STRANGLE HOLD...anyone can put on a race, as Candi will tell
you OBRA allows any race with the right paperwork and fee's...the series
is open to new events too...we added Kevin's 4th Firecracker race this
year...the series was started so people wouldn't have to decide bewteen
more then one event on the same day and so racers could hit all the races
without worrying about missing another race. However not to confuss people
we can not add events after the flyer is posted.
Most people feel the series great...yes we make mistakes, yes events are
late,but things have gotten better. My race was late
because it rained hard the night before and needed
to make sure the course markings were ok...it worked
we had to fix some things and NO ONE GOT LOST!
FEE's....the fee's have stayed the same or in the case of JR's and Beg
classes they were lowwer...I personally thing there should be a $5 max
late
fee, but others disagree.
If your going to compare road vs mountain results
Please also remember
1 Most road races are not timed
2 Don't have Candi onsite
3 Mt Bike has 37 catagories
4 No pull tags in road
5 Racers are more spead out...in some cases racers are 4 hours apart
6 Most road races don't track beyond 15th palce
7 Most Mt Bike Events don't have computers onsite, so it is the next day
before they can work on results
8 Many Mt Bike Racers are out there to have FUN more then win
Next year will be the 5th year on the Oregon Mt Bike Series and we hope to
do some big things with the series.
I know there will be atleast 2 stage races, we hope to get 4
so we can have a mini stage race series with in the series.
As always we are looking at ways to improve the series and
one of the major things is timing...It would be much quicker
if we did the same as road and did not time events...is this something
people would like or not???
Another thing
Clif Bars and SHOT cost $1-1.50
Beer $2.50-$4.25 depending on the bar
Hansen's $1.50-$2
When you add that up over nearly 30 XC, DH and fun rides
that is tens of thousands of dollars the racers get each year.
Please feel free to contact me, as I said I am computerless
for now, but I can now check my e-mail every couple days.
Take Care
Randy