Didn't they have some crazy rules in Canada for racing? I remember you telling me they MADE you cover your body so NO skin would show.next usacycling will make us wear white sock with no logos!
:biggrin:you will wear the skin suit. you love the skin suit.
you expected more?Way to go usa, get rid of world accepted standard categories (sport, ex, elite) and bring in some ridiculous system. Sweet.
Sounds excellent.the new system will have 2 am classes broken by age groups and an elite(pro) class.
very good move in my opinion
The career sport racers, aka sandbaggers, will have their automatic podium taken away.Wonder what the fall out (whining) will be when people catch wind of this.....
right on Todd, thanks for the info/clarification
The career sport racers, aka sandbaggers, will have their automatic podium taken away.
Pssh your riding days are numbered "daddy"Zark, you better watch out! With ire coming to Expert, I'm going to trickle down to Sport. Cya at Tehachapi!
I want to so bad! But I gotta go shop for a crib and carseat. lol, seriously!Pssh your riding days are numbered "daddy"
I'll be training while your changing diapers!
SB Bike Fest this weekend, you coming up?
What has happened is that semi-pro isn't feeding the pro ranks, people literally get stuck in that class. I'm not saying their idea is the solution, but I think this is why they are trying to restructure it.I understand the need to regroup to be on a international level but the statement above confuses me? Too fast for EX but to slow for Pro, so Simi pro.... Seams to make sense.
What is unfair about it?
reason #5467657 I'm racing mx again now
Why? I'm a lot faster at 29 than I was at 19. I plan on being even faster when I'm 34.I also don't think it's right for a 34yr old to race against a 19yr old.
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Ok you are. That's great. I commend you. 19yr olds tend to have alot less to lose if they crash and break themselves. 30+ guys tend to have more to lose. We tend to have better jobs, we have kids, wives, etc. Not to mention healing times seem to get longer after 30. But I think the Majority of us aren't going to get faster. I'm gonna be 37 this year and I'll be racing the 35+. Injuries are starting to take a toll on the body and pushing myself as to keep up with a 15yr younger person is a tall task.Why? I'm a lot faster at 29 than I was at 19. I plan on being even faster when I'm 34.
At our local races, the fast times for 30-39 are as good or better than 19-29, just fewer racers.
I'm with Bizutch on this one, the only reason I ever attended large races was because the Semis got to practice with the pros and avoid the long lines. I had aspirations at one point to go pro, but I've since turned to focus on turning pro at XC. I'm an upper half semi pro racer in DH, slightly better than expert, not good enough to be pro. IF they went to a system similar to road, the upgrade rules are a lot more stringent and it would be hard to have so many expert racers, thus solving the overcrowding problem. I know many guys who have never raced, that will start at Expert because they like the course better lthumbsdown:
True about the course. Where the big issues come into play is that in DH, where you have tons of riders who can and want to "ride" the big stuff, it's the Semi-Pros and Pros who actually "race" the big stuff.... IF they went to a system similar to road, the upgrade rules are a lot more stringent and it would be hard to have so many expert racers, thus solving the overcrowding problem. I know many guys who have never raced, that will start at Expert because they like the course better lthumbsdown:
If they did a system like road I think they would shift the majority of the experts into Cat 3 with the semis going into Cat 2 and some fast semis and slow pros going into Cat 1. I know everyone hates road, but the categories they use make sense for racing in generalI guess i don't understand the desire to get rid of Semi. It is a very large catagory out here and very few of the riders belong in Expert.
If you are going to make Pro very hard to get into, you better downgrade 2/3 of the expert class.
Then what? You have a bunch of decently skilled "amateur" riders who get to ride and race a dumbed down course lumped in with riders who have raced 3 races so they can't be "beginners" any more.