Freyensee, James P

Being both a guy that likes road and mtn. bike racing, I am always

interested in the later races past May/June because many times that is

when I want to pull off from road racing and do some dirt (instead of

horrendous mud which can rip up trails).



J



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From: Brian Ellin [mailto:brian-@gmail.com]

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:49 PM

To: ob-@topica.com

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] $ for MTB series in 2006, Saturday races





As a MTB racer, I feel i should speak up here.



Last year I lost interest in MTB racing as the season progressed. Why?

Mainly because I felt that the promoters had also lost interest. I want

to be excited to show up and race. I don't want to have to scour the

web for information about the race or watch the OBRA list the Friday

before for directions, all to show up and race against the 5 people who

did the same.



An example:

http://www.oregonvelo.com/mtbseries/outback/



What is the course like? Who is sponsoring it? How long are the laps?

Last year's results? Are we all starting at 1pm? Prizes? Raffle? Why

should I travel and pay $32 to do a race I know nothing about? What if

i'm not an internet person?



Compare the MTB race flyers and websites to something like the cross

crusade's and then look at the turnout. Where is the effort?



I should note that there were many well promoted and well executed MTB

races this year. Good job to all the racers and promoters! I'll be out

there again in 2006, and am trying hard to get my friends excited about

racing MTB.



Thanks for listening,

Brian Ellin