Suz Weldon
Excellent points Brian. I am one of those evil "out-of-staters who
bought an OBRA license even though I rarely race in Oregon" people.
Why? I dunno, Mike and Candi do a good job with OBRA, there are some
good races I MIGHT come down for (besides Hood and Cascade, which
don't require an OBRA license) and for 10 bucks, it's a pretty good
deal. I don't give a rat's ass about coming to Oregon just to try and
win a gold-colored piece of metal on a ribbon, (and I doubt the person
in question did either) but if I lived closer, and it was the only
good race happening that weekend, I might do it. But someone else can
have the gold-colored piece of metal, and perhaps there should be cash
or merch. for out-of-staters! :-)
-suz
Quoting Brian Mack :
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>
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> I'm a little confused - What makes one race on the calendar special
> enough to be called a championship race? Why should I care more about
> winning it vs. any of the other road races out there, and why would
> anyone care if an out-of-stater beat them at that race more than any
> other?
>
> Is the idea that OBRA is so infested with racers from Ca and Wa that we
> have to have a special race just to determine who the best person is in
> this state? Why would anyone care who that was? How about a blonde
> hair championships, or Portland championship, or one for people owning
> an SUV?
>
> Or is it more arbitrary, just saying that everyone in the state should
> show up at some random event so that we can determine who the best rider
> is out of everybody. The winner on that particular day, in the weather
> that it had, on that kind of course, out of the people who didn't crash
> or have flats, whose tactics happened to work... who cares?
>
> Whatever it is that makes the race meaningful is how it should be
> restricted. For my part, if I show up, it'll only be for a chance to
> win a free shirt with a nice picture on the front and pockets in the
> back, and I probably won't care too much if I get beat by a guy from
> Washington, or if he has three legs or drives a Buick or has four
> testicles.
>
> Brian
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