Karsten Hagen
Or, you could ride 2 40K Time Trials in one day. One as a your assigned
category and one as your Time Trial category. Then, you could multiply both
times by 3.14 and divide by 40. Then, of course you would also need to
factor in drag coefficient, which for some riders is more than others. Then
also subtract for local magnetic deviation. Those with 10 speed get a 1mph
handicap.
This will only get complicated when 11 speed is introduced.
On 8/15/08 2:19 PM, "Long, Steve" wrote:
> Using this logic, should we also force people like David Zimbleman to
> only race with the cat 1/2 riders because he's, normally, as fast as
> most of them, even though he also falls into the 50+ category?
> So, David, you can't ride with the 50+ guys on Sunday because you ride
> faster than them. :)
>
> Sounds a little whinny to me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of Rob Hughes
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 2:13 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Time Trial Divisions
>
> I am not suggesting that a new method of categorizing time trial
> performance should have any bearing on a racer's ability to upgrade in
> the road category. Also, if you race in a stage race then your TT time
> would be compared to others in your TT category for the purpose of
> determining TT rankings in the BAR (generally the TT course of a stage
> race is the same across all categories). Your road category would
> determine which group you raced in during the rest of the stage race.
> For instance: if a racer's TT performances (whether part of a stage race
> or not) consistently put him in the company of Cat 2 riders then he
> would be cat 2 for TT. If he never scores a point in a road race or
> criterium then he will forever be a cat 5 roady. This would make the
> OBRA TT competition more meaningful.
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