Timothy & Lisa Ehlers
Wow, it is fun to read the anxiety had by those who did not receive results. As David says, if it were USAC it would be "thanks for racing" as they yank you off the course! Coming here a few years back from Colorado and riding under the ACA banner that is the way Crits and tight circuits were handled. If you were spit out and were not making ground which usually meant the motor was on your rear leading the main group you got two beeps of the horn and reported out at the start/finish line. I know this firsthand as I very often got the horn, but it all depends on the size of the fields also, but safety is the main concern at that point. Sounds like the 4/5 was huge for the course and you should be lucky you were not yanked. I applaud the officials for doing their best to make sure that they get folks placed and accurately, again in the ACA many times they only placed the top 15 or 20 in large fields, the rest of us were fodder.
Don't let one possible not so great experience distract you from racing, it is suppose to be about having fun, isn't it?
Tim Ehlers
-----Original Message-----
From: "david hart"
Sent 6/6/2008 2:35:08 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] tabor 4/5This is how USA Cycling does it.
If you are OTB and the official can tell you won't catch the pack, it's the whistle and the pull. That could be on the 2nd or 3rd lap. Not very much fun, that could be $10/lap.
I don't want to pull riders. I also don't want the OTB riders impeding the lead group or become a liability. We stopped at 15 as about 10 lapped riders (up to two laps down) came across at the finish with the riders who were in the top 20. It would take a lot of time to sort you out.
We are working on resolving the large field. Even with 75 riders max you probably won't see results past 25 or so.
How about this, you all come across single file and don't lap anyone. This has been Candi's request for years.
My first year of racing, I didn't see myself in the results until the second year. Make it a goal and we make ours. We are doing our best. Believe us.
Sorry that someone made you feel unimportant.
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