Ok, I am going to start this one only because it needs to be done.
I attended and raced the race this past weekend, and overall I feel that this was one of the most poorly run events that I have attended in the 12 years that I have been racing, as Pro and Semi-pros we were faced with a new format that many people were unfamiliar with, uless you were racing back in the stone ages. The racing went well, but that is the only highlight for the weekend.
Team Big Bear needs to address some serious issues and we as riders need to make a point of seeing these issues through.
1. Lift access: Pro practice is just that practice for Pros and Semi-pros. I am not the fastest, that was shown by my qualifying 65 in the pro class, but I value my practice time as much as the next rider. By using the same lift for expert practice as well as pro practice, we spent most of the time waiting in huge lift lines.
2. The course of Course! Money needs to be spent on building a quality course. What we raced on was a joke. TBB spent all of maybe one week, with an aresenal of fat guys on quads building the worst course ever at Snow Summitt. It is no wonder that our sport is looked on as a joke in the cycling world. We were reduced to riding a poorly groomed fire road with one crappy table and an ok hip jump. I mean where does my $65.00 go any way???
3. Charging for lift access and giving the general public priority on the lift.
This is B&%LS%^T!!!
4. Lack of communication. No one was able to give a serious anwser concerning the points break down for Qualifying and the mania.
I just would like to bring these issues to light. I hope that I am not the only one who is concerned over the state of the sport I love. I just hope this is not a sign of things to come.
J.P.
I attended and raced the race this past weekend, and overall I feel that this was one of the most poorly run events that I have attended in the 12 years that I have been racing, as Pro and Semi-pros we were faced with a new format that many people were unfamiliar with, uless you were racing back in the stone ages. The racing went well, but that is the only highlight for the weekend.
Team Big Bear needs to address some serious issues and we as riders need to make a point of seeing these issues through.
1. Lift access: Pro practice is just that practice for Pros and Semi-pros. I am not the fastest, that was shown by my qualifying 65 in the pro class, but I value my practice time as much as the next rider. By using the same lift for expert practice as well as pro practice, we spent most of the time waiting in huge lift lines.
2. The course of Course! Money needs to be spent on building a quality course. What we raced on was a joke. TBB spent all of maybe one week, with an aresenal of fat guys on quads building the worst course ever at Snow Summitt. It is no wonder that our sport is looked on as a joke in the cycling world. We were reduced to riding a poorly groomed fire road with one crappy table and an ok hip jump. I mean where does my $65.00 go any way???
3. Charging for lift access and giving the general public priority on the lift.
This is B&%LS%^T!!!
4. Lack of communication. No one was able to give a serious anwser concerning the points break down for Qualifying and the mania.
I just would like to bring these issues to light. I hope that I am not the only one who is concerned over the state of the sport I love. I just hope this is not a sign of things to come.
J.P.