but this time its good (I think)
Thanks Yogurt Boy...
a team mate of mine had signed up for the cat 4, so i jumped in with him... my gut wanted to ride the 30+ (cause i'm stupid i think)... team mate thought it would be a good idea to hit the 30+ group and twist arms of the rest of the team to go race (most of us are old farts too)... What's good about the 30+ race? Well all ya gotta do is read mr positive's jan 17th entry. Every reason in the world not to start in the 4s... 125 riders deep, starting after the 40+ (125 riders) and after the Cat 3s (80 or so at this point) dirt road downhills... Carnage...
so the 30+ (course the 30+ field is nearly as last minute as the Pro/1/2 field and that'll be the catchall for those folks... well basically 30+
i'd rather finish a few riders in front of the lantern rouge in the 30+ than maybe deal with what could be one serious bar banging jamboree...
'course now that i've said something the 30+ will fill in a matter of days, but i'll be still comforted by the fact that there'll be more people on the road behind me, than in front of me, at least through the first few hills...
heck i'm even thinkin about using a 27 cassette! Yes solobreak's absolute favorite - nothing better for a cyclist than the 12-27 - esp for those compact crank driving weenies... I wonder if i'd survive 30 miles of climbing with a 45x25 low gear ;)
we'll see what magic gears gewilli pulls out of the tool box...
oh and i'm thinkin CTodd needs to mix it up a bit more than just having one Todd-cast up all week... change up the content a bit...
or not...
what-i-think's tale of traveling to cali - mmm luxurious... envy...
all these tales of people riding in warm sunny lands... i'd not normally be jealous of, with as much as i revel in riding in challenging cold conditions... some how it just sounds awesome...
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Peer Pressure...
Sadly, I barely have enough time for one 'tôdcast per week, but I made that a goal and plan to stick to it. It's nice to know there is a demand for more. Sometimes I wonder if they are truly appreciated, or people are really that bored..
It's 1:15am and I should be sleeping. Instead, I am reading Introspection.
Time? What's that?
The 30+ might be a good call. After reading your post I reviewed the schedule and it might not be so bad. They have a 45 minute break before the 30+. That is a pretty big head start for the early groups. A few stragglers will still get caught...
The Pro 1-2 do an extra loop off the start, so they shouldn't catch the women either. That just leaves the 30+, 3s, 40+, and 4s to mix it up.
Last year the only race that filled was the 4s. Looking over the 40+ list this year, I don't recognize too many names. I think what happened is the Cat 4 filled up again, and there must be a lot of 40+ 4s out there. Now that those two races are full, anyone over 30 has no choice, so the 30+ is sure to fill up too. I've never seen anything like this before. Maybe this will be a huge year for road racing.
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