Randy Dreiling

I agree with Brian and he also in the end noted some

promoters do get the word out...I think the issue is

lumping Mt Bike races in general together is not good.



I also race and I know I do my best to get flyers out

and post reminders in advance on OBRA, but I have had

a hard time finding info on other events too.



Randy



--- Brian Ellin <brian-@gmail.com> wrote:



 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

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