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Did you say it starts at 40?
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George Schreck
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From: "Alec Bentley"
> Perhaps some of you who have been following or contributing to the debate on
> if Master categories should commence at 35 or 40 may be interested to know
> how it works in the UK and most of Europe.
>
> The British League of Veteran Racing Cyclists (www.lvrc.org if you are
> interested) has a category every 5-years commencing at 40. Therefore if you
> are 40 to 44 you are a Category A, 45 to 49 you are a Category B all the way
> up to 70 to 74 you are a Category G then over 75 is designated as Category
> H.
>
> Each race promoter decides how many different races to promote depending on
> budgets and the number of riders in each category who register. Typically
> it is A&B?s (40 to 49) / C&D?s (50 to 59) / EFG&H?s. (60+)
>
> Regardless of how many separate races are promoted results are posted for
> each 5-year category.
>
> This has been a very successful formula in the UK and Europe where there are
> numerous races for Master age riders.
>
> A couple of other points about the UK system. Woman Masters, (Ladies in the
> UK) can compete with Men Masters and are given a 10-year benefit. As an
> example 40 to 44 year old woman would compete with the 50 to 54 old men.
>
> ? The LVRC allows (encouraged, in fact) riders to compete in an older age
> group than their calendar age indicates. This is deliberately designed to
> help people get back into racing, and move up the groups as fitness starts
> to return.?
>
> Alec Bentley
>
>
> >From: "Mike Murray"
> >Reply-To: mike.murray@obra.org
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Masters 35 Plus?
> >Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:08:01 -0800
> >
> >There are often references to the mythic 18 yo bike racer. Frankly there
> >are not many of them. Most are slower category. From the end of this year
> >the age distribution of road members was:
> >
> ><20 169
> >20to24 133
> >25to29 264
> >30to34 398
> >35to39 466
> >40to44 371
> >45to49 266
> >50to54 148
> >55to59 74
> >60to64 34
> >65+ 24
> >
> >Here are the mean ages by road category:
> >
> >1 33
> >2 36
> >3 38
> >4 36
> >5 36
> >
> >Overall the mean OBRA membership age is 37. 35+ is most of us.
> >
> >Mike Murray
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> >Behalf Of Edward Kendrick Sr
> >Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 06:48 AM
> >To: obra@list.obra.org
> >Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Masters 35 Plus?
> >
> >
> >Yes. It would be nice to have the 35+ category.
> >
> >Most of the riders, who act their age, choose to ride cat 4 or 5. This is
> >awkward, when there are 18 yr olds competing with you.
> >
> >Did you know that a big chunk of the Arctic shelf broke off today?
> >
> >Anyway, Feliz Ano Nuevo.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----
> >From: Dave Campbell
> >To: obra
> >Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:08:39 AM
> >Subject: [OBRA Chat] Masters 35 Plus?
> >
> >
> >Just going to throw this totally self-interested bit out there...
> >
> >VERY few races last yr had a Masters 35 plus, with most going 40 plus
> >Was this trend well-recieved by riders? I see that Cherry Pie (and my
> >guess
> >is most of the others that follow) is going Masters 40 plus and the
> >promoter
> >(who is well experienced!) assures me this is the way to go.
> >
> >For ME at this point, the 35 plus races are FUN (although due to triathlon,
> >I personally only do a few and mainly for training) and I can actually race
> >as opposed to the Cat1/2 race which I just try to survive and I would
> >assume
> >there are others that feel the same way...the question is ARE THERE ENOUGH
> >like minded 35-39s like me?
> >
> >Anyone?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >DC
> >Dave Campbell
> >adcampbell46@earthlink.net
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