I don't race but I was just wondering... I know a lot of peeps hate NORBA.
Does having a top 5 NORBA ranking in 'Sport' mean anything?
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It means they need to start racing expert.....
It means they are faster than me.
The class system is so out of whack.
is that in the USA and open age.....or in say RI and in 40-49?
douglas said:
It's in the USA and in a specific age range...
Yeah... the term 'sandbagger' has been used...
N8 said:It's in the USA and in a specific age range...
Yeah... the term 'sandbagger' has been used...
rule is 3 top 3's, or 5 top 5's and you need to move up........unless you are in the middle of a state championship point series, then you can wait to move up at the end of the season.
douglas said:
That's be my thoughts as well...
stinkyboy said:
Thanks for your help on this.
it is, look at the sea otter times, sport and beginner are basically the same....profro said:
santacruzer87 said:
Doesn't Sport have to do twice as much distance (XC) as the Beginners?
most races I have been to, beg=2 laps, sport=3, expert=4, pro=5
We have way too many classes. And age brackets are ghey. Everyone has to be a winner.santacruzer87 said:
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"everyone's a winner, babe"
Your damn right! This year I'm racing "Expert Married White Male 34-36 with last name M-Z".profro said:We have way too many classes. And age brackets are ghey. Everyone has to be a winner.
I didn't know Steven Spielberg and Rick Moranis used to be in a band.
It's not them, it's their "Brothers"
I think you should move up to super-sport
don cheadle and dave chapelle are also present.
If someone is getting top 5's in sport, they'll be somewhat competitive in expert. Once they see the level of the other expert riders, they'll most likely push themselves that much and rise to the ocaison. End result= they will be a faster rider, and more satisfied with any good results that may come.
Racing is mostly psychological, and a top 5 sport rider probably does know his/her sh1t. A little more training and they're in with the X's.
Racing is mostly psychological, and a top 5 sport rider probably does know his/her sh1t. A little more training and they're in with the X's.
i'm with profo. that ranking system is SOOOOOOOO screwed up. there are a ton of areas that have a ton of norba races while other areas have none at all. also in theory you could just race in a very concentrated person and be the top ranked person in your class with out competing in a single national.
cross is the sameeeee way if you live in new england. you can be in the top 20 in the world, and in ceratin cases in the top 10 in the world and never raced over in europe. it's not right i tell you.
cross is the sameeeee way if you live in new england. you can be in the top 20 in the world, and in ceratin cases in the top 10 in the world and never raced over in europe. it's not right i tell you.
Yep...our regional championship series (Intermountain Cup) blew off NORBA. I haven't needed a license for awhile...Think I'm gonna get one this season.indieboy said:
And usually the top five in Sport are sandbaggers. Around here, Sport is about as strong as the Expert cat, but then you have the guys who are doing a first time race and don't want to get labeled a newb, so they race Sport and get raped...
indieboy said:
Yeah.
Last year's Snowshoe National Expert DH 19-24, 25-29, and 30-34 only had 15 competitors in each bracket. So a third of the class will be on the podium? And each sport DH class had less than 10. So HALF of the competitors were on the podium.
There should be Sport, Expert, Junior, and Pro, with no age brakets. However if you must, rankings can be done by age and state.
yeah...with less peeps racing, 5 year brackets are lameprofro said:Yeah.
Last year's Snowshoe National Expert DH 19-24, 25-29, and 30-34 only had 15 competitors in each bracket. So a third of the class will be on the podium? And each sport DH class had less than 10. So HALF of the competitors were on the podium.
There should be Sport, Expert, Junior, and Pro, with no age brakets. However if you must, rankings can be done by age and state.
I do a series where I am in the 19-39 bracket