anklebiter456
What you are describing is the TT Bar which we already have.
http://obra.org/bar/2012/time_trial/senior_men
I am suggesting that we have consistency between the two Cup completions. I think financial incentive helps bring out the best competitors and puts pressure on them to attend all the races in the series. This waywe have a true Champion and not just someone that just does all the events. The idea is to find the most consistent fastestman and womenin OBRA.
AP
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From: Martha Walsh
To: "joec@aracnet.com" ; anklebiter456
Cc: obra
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] TT Cup Committee...thank you!!
I think retaining the maximum number of categories (including tandems) inspires the maximum number of people to race bicycles. Financial compensation for one's hobby is not the point. I agree with Joe about the overall mix of event types, and I am grateful to those who took on the points tabulation for the OBRA TT Cup so that we could race and be judged with our peers. -Martha
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From: "joec@aracnet.com"
To: anklebiter456
Cc: obra
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] TT Cup Committee...thank you!!
I think the current format is just fine. Not all TTs are created equal.
Some favor
the cheetah among us while others favor the strong all-around rider.
The current
format list does a good job of challenging all riders and rewarding the
best of
all TT-riders.
Joe
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:43:31 -0700 (PDT), anklebiter456
wrote:
> For 2013, I would like to see a similar format to the OBRA Cup. The
> only difference would be that it would be based on Combined Time and
> not category for Men and Women. Tandems would be exclude and the
> distance of each category would need to be the same for the given
> event. If funds were an issue it could be top three only for the
> overall and free entry for the leaders.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Paul Bourcier
>
> Jeff hamlin
> Stewart Campbell
> "obra@list.obra.org"
> Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:49 AM
> Re: [OBRA Chat] TT Cup Committee...thank you!!
>
> Second that! That was cool!
>
> Jeff
>
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:33 PM, Stewart Campbell wrote:
>
>> As a TT racer, I feel like a lone wolf. We race by our selves, we
> usually warm up by our selves, and since we all leave at different
> times, its hard to even have a post race beer with others. Shoot,
> we dont even get upgrade points for when we do well.
>>
>> This year a few people came together and put together a TT Cup
> Series. This was a handful of TT races that can give us our own little
> competition with in our lone wolf style of racing.
>>
>> I just want to say thanks to the TT Cup committee for putting this
> together!! Maybe Im the only one that actually liked this little
> competition? If there are others that feel as I do, maybe throw out a
> posting.
>>
>> I just hope that the TT cup sees our support and appreciation and
> will do another TT cup series next year, maybe even with more races
> around the region.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stewart
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