shane.-@comcast.net
If you want a Saturday race, organize it and put it on... Actions speak louder than words...
So far I think the actions of MTB riders show that Sunday is the perferred day. In the past couple of years there have been a couple of races on Saturdays for MTB. Those races for whatever reason have had a smaller turn out than the races on Sunday.
As for early season races. Again actions speak louder than words and the races that happen before school is out have nearly double the number of racers.
So if I was a promoter wanting to at least break even, my race is going to before June and on a day that there isn't a road race which usually means on Sunday.
Now don't get me wrong I am not against a race on Saturday but the numbers just don't justify it. There are people that will only show up to Saturday races but just not enough.
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From: Michael Packard <Michael.-@ch2m.com>
I am a person who is religious and who goes to Church on Sunday and I would personally like to see more Saturday races.
As has already been pointed out - don't stack them at the beginning or end of the season, but spread them out as evenly as possible.
Are cyclists generally religious? Well, that depends on how fast you're descending that wet, slippery hill with the stop sign at the bottom as cross traffic passes by :)
Personally, I think it's a shame that Sunday has become just another day of the week and not the "day of rest and spiritual growth" as it was intended to be.
Michael
From: Reid, Pam [mailto:pam.-@intel.com]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:33 AM
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Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] $ for MTB series in 2006, Saturday races
As a parent of several Junior racers Sunday racing is great. Most juniors have other sports they play on Sat. for their schools such as soccer, basketball etc.
I think the solution is a balance of Sat/Sun races.
From: RCJoh-@attglobal.net [mailto:RCJoh-@attglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] $ for MTB series in 2006, Saturday races
Sounds good as long as we don't wind up with yet more races stacked from late February through May.
Remember the tread from a few months ago discussing why is the race calender so heavily weighted to the earliest part of the season and goes through the doldrums just when the weather is at it's nicest?
Rick
brice-@hotmail.com wrote:
Another vote for more Saturday races.
Evan Plews wrote:
How about some Saturday races for a change. Doesn't anyone go to church
on Sunday anymore? Bunch of heathens anyway :)
Actually that brings up a good point. Are cyclists generally religious
or not???
Kori Kunz wrote:
In an attempt to decide which races to focus on (since I would really
like to do all of them but know that's not a sustainable approach) I'm
wondering what kinds of MTB series are out there this year, and which
one offers the best prize money. Yep, I'm not looking for any more
trophies on my mantel, just going straight for the mercenary incentive.
Of course I'll also be weighing the amount of single track in
proportion to the distance to drive (and conflicting road races), but
the dollars will be a very influential factor. Mike? Randy? Petr?
What are you serving up this year?
Looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Kori
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