Mike Murray

I think this whole thing is hilarious. Reminds me of the year that they
decided that they were going to do away with the Cat 1-5 designation for the
road and instead use the NORBA system; Pro, Elite, etc. for road racing.
That didn't last long. Wonder how long this latest deal will last.

Of course OBRA can do as we wish; either mimic their changes, keep the old
system or decide to do something completely different.

Mike Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Raggy23
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:59 AM
To: Mike Ripley
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Changes at USAC----MTB categories

Who gets paid then ? Pro only I would think

Sounds more like road classes but I understand what you are trying to do

Reg and results will be confusing and slow at first I think as riders and
staff ajust to the new system

Good luck

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 13, 2008, at 8:52 AM, "Mike Ripley"
wrote:

Hello,

Changes are going on at USAC, and I personally like the changes for various
reasons that the article brought up and would love your feedback on the
article and also I have included a rough draft of the OBRA series classes
with a shift after 3 years in the age groups, back to traditional age
groupings. Let me know the pro's and cons or if you have no opinion let me
know that as well. OBRA appreciates all of the hard work you do with your
events and I personally like to work with each of you to make OBRA racing
better each year.
Time to plan

Thanks

Mike Ripley
OBRA mtb rep

Like to usac article

https://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3846