Josh LeBus

Some feedback from the Bridgetown ladies was that here was an evident
advantage for the stronger 4's to simply attach to the 1/2/3's and benefit
from the larger group and pace. It was also mentioned by our 3's racer, Anne
Davis, that having the extra women benefited the weaker senior women by
having a larger group to hide out in. I also agree that pack dynamics are
important to learn and that's a good course to test it but when the women
4's had 31 racers that's a pretty good size pack to learn how to ride in and
i'm sure the 1/2/3 women are pretty confident and comfortable already with
their pack riding skills. i know the race environment is often the only time
that large groups of women riders come together but the integrity of these
races shouldn't be jeopardized for the sake of learning how to ride in a
pack.

josh lebus
bridgetown velo

On 6/12/08, mark duff wrote:
>
> maybe keeping it the way it is, is a good idea. pack dynamics are important
> to learn. I got a few complaints from my ladies but i told them the same
> thing. how are others going to learn to ride in larger groups without doing
> it.
> cheers
> mark duff
> www.veloforma.blogspot.com
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:48:05 -0700
> From: kristinw@gmail.com
> To: suckwheel@gmail.com
> CC: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Wed Tabor Series
>
> >>Women-did it work with the staggered start? Any concerns? It was nice to
> see such a big field of ladies.
>
> I'm not sure how others felt, but I can't say I liked being in such an
> enormous group. It was really sketchy at times, since everyone just stayed
> packed together for the most part. Maybe waiting 1 minute or so after the
> seniors go by, rather then having us go right away, would be a good idea?
> Anyone else?
>
> Kristin
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:38 AM, david hart wrote:
>
> Thank you for working with the new schedule. It paid off as you notice in
> results, we, er, Candi and Mike(s) placed everyone. It took two cameras and
> an extra person (Mike) to handle the placings. It is a lot of work if you
> hadn't noticed.
>
> Women-did it work with the staggered start? Any concerns? It was nice to
> see such a big field of ladies. I think this is the best way to handle it so
> it's easier to do placings.
>
> Note-numbers go on your left side. A lot of you had the number upside down
> on your back. I think we set a record for the amount of bad number
> placements. And why do you like the numbers so flappy? Making a fashion
> statement? : )
>
> David Hart
> Official
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