Candi Murray
See Doug's note below
If you want to 'rattle some cages' at USAC here are some addresses
wcon-@usacycling.org Warren Conrad- Membership Director
jtar-@usacycling.org John Tarbert - Technical Director
lvoi-@usacycling.org - Lisa Voight - Executive Director
eca-@usacycling.org> Evan Call - USCF Director
Candi
The members of OBRA stopped Oprah from banning bikes
in the city. We also helped Lance Armstrong get the
most votes in Times' Man of the Year poll (As you know
they gave it to Jeff Bezos who didn't even place in
the poll.) OBRA has more power than we know what to
do with. Why don't you give us some e-mail and
physical addresses to write to rattle some cages at
USAC.
--- Candi Murray <ob-@teleport.com> wrote:
We have been told this before by the management of
USAC. When we broke
away we kept the upgrade system identical to theirs
so that riders didn't
have to adher to two systems.
Meeting with Warren Conrad and Evan Call at USAC we
asked to have our races
considered eligible as we consider theirs for our
upgrades their response
was that 'it was a safety issue'.
Not true of course if we are using the same system.
This is just their way
of retribution- once again not working toward the
overall adavancement of
all cycling. How sad.
Candi Murray
At 11:20 PM 2/15/2000 -0800, John Bravard wrote:
I wish I could say that it suprises me that USAC
would ignore potential
up-and-coming riders in areas that choose not to
promote bicycle races
through the USAC, but it doesn't. By doing this,
USAC will continue to erode
their base of competitive cyclists. Does USAC not
understand that increasing
the pool of competitive cyclists, especially among
younger riders, will
increase the number of riders competing at an
international level? I am not
alone in my belief that the best US bike racers
have not yet raced a bike
because bicycle racing has not been extended to a
larger population.
I, and many others in Oregon and around the
country, ask that you reconsider
your recognition of other sanctioning
organizations. Do not put a young
rider in the situation that he/she cannot gain the
upgrade points necessary
to race at a top level.
Regards,
John Bravard
L0144981
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: Diana Sanderson <dsand-@usacycling.org>
To: 'jbra-@pacifier.com' <jbra-@pacifier.com>
Cc: McChesney, Lydia
</o=USA.Cycling.Inc./ou=USAC/cn=Recipients/cn=LMcC-@usacycling.org>;
Conrad, Warren
</o=USA.Cycling.Inc./ou=USAC/cn=Recipients/cn=WC-@usacycling.org>;
Tarbert, John
</o=USA.Cycling.Inc./ou=USAC/cn=Recipients/cn=JTa-@usacycling.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: RE: Oregon Racers
For any race outside USA Cycling permitted races,
we do not give credit
towards an upgrade with USCF, so they will not be
able to use their results
from OBRA. If you have further questions, feel
free to contact Warren
Conrad.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Bravard [SMTP:]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 12:16 AM
To: membe-@usacycling.org
Subject: Oregon Racers
Help me out here. There is some concern her in
Oregon regarding upgrades
for aspiring riders. Assume a number of
junior/espoire riders in Oregon are
looking to participate in some of the NRC races to
build the skills and
fitness required to eventually make it to a
professional level. If they do
not yet have the USCF category 2 ranking, will
they be able to use their
results from OBRA sanctioned events to upgrade to
USCF category 2? If not,
then there will be a number of riders denied the
chance to become this
country's next great road racers. Please let me
know how USAC stands on
this issue.
Thank you.
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