Reid, Pam

Hum,

Woman's races are already Women versus Women (regardless of age, catagory

etc)...95% of the time....



Maybe it should be changed to Men vs Men.



Pam





-----Original Message-----

From: Steven R Holland [mailto:srh-@webtv.net]

Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:17 PM

To: Dav-@Hevanet.Com

Cc: obra

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] rule changes





Well, It's like I said to Candy " if you allow masters to race down in

age you might as well change the categories to 30+, 40+ and so on. Is

that what we want? For that matter you might as well just have 30+

only!!! Why do you think at the State TT the 1/2 field is usually the

smallest group???? Racers want clearly defined age groups. My team puts

on the State TT, if we offered one masters category [30+] I guarantee

you we would have the worst attendance ever....



Bicycle racing isn't always about who is the best all around rider. If

it was, there would be no categories at all. Just men vs men and women

vs women. Having specific age group allows you to test your self

against people your own approx age. What is so wrong with that? It's not

about some older guy wanting to see if he can beat a younger guy. If you

want to do that, race with the 1/2's......



STEVEN R HOLLAND

17203 SE 30th St.

VANCOUVER,WA 98683-2300

360-891-3924



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