Tony Hobkirk

One more vote for the old way. I'm a Sport and a Cat 4. If/when I'm ready
to upgrade to Expert, I bet I'll be close to ready for Cat 3, as well.

But I have to ask... what is the correlation used for, anyway?

>From: "OregonMTB"
>Reply-To: oregonmtb@excite.com
>To: cmurray@obra.org, obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Mtn bike category vs Road Cat
>Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 02:30:38 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>
>Likewise, I race Sport MTB--and 1 or 2 times a year I do a road race at Cat
>5. I cannot keep up with the Cat 4.
>
>Mountain biking is much different than road riding. If it is a decent
>mountain bike course--and has some technical sections--a Cat 1 or 2 road
>racer that only has raced 1 or 2 mtb races in his or her life--will only be
>a sport level.
>
>Why try to equate the 2--they are not the same type of racing?
>
>
>
> --- On Sat 02/04, McCann Family < dcjmccann@msn.com > wrote:
>From: McCann Family [mailto: dcjmccann@msn.com]
>To: cmurray@obra.org, obra@list.obra.org
>Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:01:36 -0800
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Mtn bike category vs Road Cat
>
>I race sport in MTB. I will do some road races this year at Cat 5. I have
>
never done a road race and I can't keep up with the Cat 4 riders here
>in
town. Is this going to be a problem?


>From: Candi Murray
>
>To: obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] Mtn
>bike category vs Road Cat
>Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:37:58
>-0800
>
>I have done in the past
> > Pro/Semi Cat 1/2
> >
>Expert Cat 3
> > Sport Cat 4
> > Beginner Cat 5
> >
> > It has
>been suggest that it be
> > Pro/Semi/Exp Cat 1/2
> > Sport Cat
>3
> > Beginner Cat 4/5
> >
> > What are your thoughts?
> >
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OregonMTB

Likewise, I race Sport MTB--and 1 or 2 times a year I do a road race at Cat 5. I cannot keep up with the Cat 4.

Mountain biking is much different than road riding. If it is a decent mountain bike course--and has some technical sections--a Cat 1 or 2 road racer that only has raced 1 or 2 mtb races in his or her life--will only be a sport level.

Why try to equate the 2--they are not the same type of racing?

--- On Sat 02/04, McCann Family < dcjmccann@msn.com > wrote:
From: McCann Family [mailto: dcjmccann@msn.com]
To: cmurray@obra.org, obra@list.obra.org
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:01:36 -0800
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Mtn bike category vs Road Cat

I race sport in MTB. I will do some road races this year at Cat 5. I have
never done a road race and I can't keep up with the Cat 4 riders here in
town. Is this going to be a problem?


>From: Candi Murray
>To: obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] Mtn bike category vs Road Cat
>Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:37:58 -0800
>
>I have done in the past
> > Pro/Semi Cat 1/2
> > Expert Cat 3
> > Sport Cat 4
> > Beginner Cat 5
> >
> > It has been suggest that it be
> > Pro/Semi/Exp Cat 1/2
> > Sport Cat 3
> > Beginner Cat 4/5
> >
> > What are your thoughts?
> > Candi
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I race sport in MTB. I will do some road races this year at Cat 5. I have
never done a road race and I can't keep up with the Cat 4 riders here in
town. Is this going to be a problem?

>From: Candi Murray
>To: obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] Mtn bike category vs Road Cat
>Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:37:58 -0800
>
>I have done in the past
> > Pro/Semi Cat 1/2
> > Expert Cat 3
> > Sport Cat 4
> > Beginner Cat 5
> >
> > It has been suggest that it be
> > Pro/Semi/Exp Cat 1/2
> > Sport Cat 3
> > Beginner Cat 4/5
> >
> > What are your thoughts?
> > Candi
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Mike Ripley

Leave it like in the past please, sport cat 3-------I do not think a
sport mtn biker can keep up with a cat 3. Not to say that an up and
coming sport who is ready to upgrade to expert and then they would be
equal to a cat 3. Has there been a problem in the past? I am sure not
ready to go to cat 2, ask my friends.
Thanks
Mike

On Friday, Feb 3, 2006, at 17:37 US/Pacific, Candi Murray wrote:

> I have done in the past
>> Pro/Semi Cat 1/2
>> Expert Cat 3
>> Sport Cat 4
>> Beginner Cat 5
>>
>> It has been suggest that it be
>> Pro/Semi/Exp Cat 1/2
>> Sport Cat 3
>> Beginner Cat 4/5
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>> Candi
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Candi Murray

I have done in the past
> Pro/Semi Cat 1/2
> Expert Cat 3
> Sport Cat 4
> Beginner Cat 5
>
> It has been suggest that it be
> Pro/Semi/Exp Cat 1/2
> Sport Cat 3
> Beginner Cat 4/5
>
> What are your thoughts?
> Candi