Candi Murray
I would also like to hear from any attorneys out there. If we make a
specific change that lowers the age for tandem events does that affect our
liability at all.
Candi
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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Brett Luelling
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 7:09 AM
To: OBRA
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Juniors on Tandems
I agree that the rule was probably not originally intended for kids riding
stoker on a tandem. Candi has provided a path to correct the issue though, a
rule change needs to be proposed and voted on. Any volunteers to propose the
rule change?
Brett
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:27 PM, scott hill
wrote:
yes let us/me know because i have a young child and we were going to buy a
co-motion tandem specifically for this purpose. parent/child tandem racing.
if OBRA were to get ride of this type of racing it would really hurt getting
kids involved in racing.
scott
--- On Sun, 5/24/09, Salvatore Collura wrote:
From: Salvatore Collura
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Juniors on Tandems
To: "Mike Rosenberg" , cmurray@obra.org,
obra@list.obra.org
Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 12:07 AM
I agree that the interpretation of this rule should be clearly defined, one
way or the other, and soon.
It will affect our categories at 2009 Co-Motion Classic Racing events.
BTW, the parent/child class is the fastest growing group in tandem racing.
-sal
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From: Micros8391@aol.com
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 00:35:54 -0400
To: cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Juniors on Tandems
First off, let me make it clear that this new interpretation of rules
regarding the age of stokers in tandem races does not affect me personally.
My kids are both beyond that age. However, I think this should be
reconsidered. I understand that it is probably not possible to change the
rules in mid-season (or maybe it is). But, I think this is clearly an issue
of interpretation of the rules. And this is a brand new interpretation. Many
of the local time trials have been well attended by this demographic. The
Co-Motion Classic Tandem Race even includes a C category that does a short
time trial and road race that mostly caters to the parent child combination.
I am fairly certain that the people who conceived this rule were not
considering kids stoking tandems. It makes perfect sense to not allow very
young kids to control a bike in a race on open roads or in races with older
riders to whom they could pose a danger. However it makes no sense to not
allow a young kid to ride behind their parent in a tandem race. We have a
big problem in Oregon racing in that there are hardly any kids
participating. This will make it even worse. The OBRA Championship race
today had 7 total kids between the ages of 10 and 14. That covered four
separate categories! Racing tandems with their parents is a great way to
give kids exposure to racing, and turn them into life long competitors and
fans.
Once again, I am not sure there needs a change in the rules, just an
interpretation that makes more sense. Is there a rules interpretation
committee or technical advisory committee within OBRA? If there is, that
body should consider this issue.
Mike Rosenberg
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