jon.ragsdale@comcast.net

Only if the answer turns out to be 42

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From: 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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