Gary Malcolm

I did not race the POC this year, but having ridden the course many
times I seem to remember a large number of natural blocking deterrences
called "corners" on all three laps. I have never rounded a "corner" at
the POC (or any other race) where some spry joker didn't jet up 20
positions. It seems to me a sustained attack out of one of these
"corners" always stretches out the pack until the turtles can lumber
back on the front.

And I agree whole heartedly with our glorious leader K-Man... One lap to
go means get to the front if you care about placement. And besides,
we're talking Cat 5 here... anything close to a sustained level of
attacks would have had the field limping in by two's and three's.

Regards,

Gary Malcolm

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Charlie
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 3:51 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] blocked sprints, etc.

"Going to the front, going slow and impeding the riders behind you is
against the rules (OBRA rule 11.2)."

So suppose this is what happened at POC, what recourse can be had? I
appreciate that there's plenty of gray area and I wasn't there but I do
wonder what should happen, practically, in the real racing world?

If racers go to the trouble to train, pay race fees, spend money on high
zoot parts, it's kind of a bummer to not be able to have nothing happen
at the finish because rules are broken.

Surely an effective block should be countered by bike handling and
tactics, but a rolling road block as per OBRA rule above is poor
sportsmanship and takes away from the fun of competition.
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