Luciano bailey
Well said JOe if this is any indication of the whining to come enough already. This is a case that seems to be growing and should be clipped before it's out of control whoops to late. Was not there did not see, but all to familiar with the scenario. Keep in mind this is cat 5 racing and to expect Tour riders with Pro tactics is ridiculous . The problem always centers aroiund racers trying to emulate the pro teams. Unfortunately this is not the NBA where imitating Lebron might at worst cause you to miss a dunk. This sport can be dangerous if the participants forget there level of skill and abilities and throw caution to the wind at the expense of the peleton if you want to try something pro how about an attack or breakaway so the sprint becomes almost a none factor. When in doubt error on the side of caution save it for another day (remember ESPN is not covering CAT5 piece of Cake events) keep the rubber side down.> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:49:43 -0700> From: joec@aracnet.com> To: jboquiren@comcast.net> CC: obra@list.obra.org; dhanson@gorge.net> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] blocked sprints, etc.> > Or as a former teammate from many years back was found of saying at times:> "Shut up, grow a pair and make your own way through..."> > Joe C> > jboquiren wrote:> > > Try some tactics some people use in shorttrack speedskating. Don your Kevlar skinsuits first though :)> > > > Joseph Boquiren> > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "Don Hanson" > > > > > I wasn't there at Piece of Cake but I heard about it from another older > > > master's racer who was there, racing in the 4-5s. Maybe there could be a > > > few more events with separate classes for us old racers. I only recall one > > > last year, the State RR, where there was a separate start for us. Start us > > > a minute behind another class and leave out the wheel cars, if you must. > > > That would cut down on the congestion during the sprints. > > > I was in a race with a bunch from Team Zoka last season. They were 4 wide > > > and very vocal. They were spending more time looking over their shoulders > > > than watching ahead. With about a mile to go, they had the pace held at > > > about 20mph. Was it worth risking an attempt to bust through their > > > blockade? With about 40 other riders, those held in the rear, depending on > > > the 'contact riding skills' of whichever rider was 'rammed, slammed, > > > elbowed, kicked, pushed, whaterver'...in order to get past their rolling > > > road block?--that kinda makes the racing a bit 'sketchy'. Not worth taking > > > out the whole pack with a big crash. Tactics like NASCAR or that old > > > Roller Derby. TV sport?.. A slug-fest on bikes?..hmmm.. > > > Don Hanson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OBRA mailing list > > > obra@list.obra.org > > > http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra > > > Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org > > _______________________________________________> OBRA mailing list> obra@list.obra.org> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
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