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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