Randy Dreiling
I would like to see a person earn the right to race
Pro in Mt Biking. In downhill more then cross country
people sign up Pro that are clearly not Pro's, some do
this for the money....In one cases the guy got beat by
2 minutes in a Downhill that is a huge amount for a
downhill. Since they start one minute apart going
down the same course it really screws the next racers.
It has also happened with Pro women in both Cross
County and Downhill, as I said not a lot but it
happens and most times it is NOT an OBRA regular it is
a new person or an out of state racer thinking they
can make some $$ because they found out their were no
other Pro women and someone will get the prize
$$$...funny part is I know there are a couple strong
women that should move up from Expert and race
Pro...you know whom you are go for it!
Randy
--- cmur-@obra.org wrote:
All riders start as a Cat 5 on the track, even the
2's. If Lance
Armstrong showed up at the track he would be a 5 ;-)
There is a proposal before USAC right now to allow
rider to earn road
upgrade points by competing at the track. They feel
that the skills
learned on the track should count toward moving
riders up.
Mtn bike and ccx are self selected.
Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: martin cohen [mailto:mc-@gorge.net]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:06 AM
To: ob-@topica.com; cmur-@obra.org
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Planning for 2006
Isn't the crossover from one racing discipline to
another MORE related
to the skills than the fitness? Cat 2 roadies start
as , what, 4's on
the track? Do you place expert mtb'ers, but new
roadies, directly in
cat.3? Prove yourself in each new discipline, then
move up. You can say
it's too easy for these guys to ride off the front,
but you have to be
able to not slide down the banking, or not soil your
shorts everytime
you ride through a rock garden, to make it there.
cmur-@obra.org wrote:
I always felt the same way, Mike Ripley the new
mtn bike rep suggested
that the road fitness was greated than the mtn
bike fitness (maybe not
the skills but the fitness) and that the
categories should be adjusted
up.
Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl J. Willson
[mailto:cj-@cheryljwillson.com]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:20 AM
To: Obra
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Planning for 2006
I have no stake in this but I always thought that
Sport was more like
Cat 3. Since women's fields are so small (and I've
done very few mtb
or road races) - it is hard to judge (and we have
no cat 5) - do you
guys think cat 4 = sport?
Besides gotta discuss something other than masters
racing once in a
while.
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