Whoa
I had nothing to do with this but, wow, that's pretty intense.
Amazing what people will do when they're anonymous.
Amazing what people will do when they're anonymous.
Sam Anderson Cheats at Mountain Bike Racing
Note that this is NOT the 24 Hours of Great Glen Race Report. 24HOGG delivered another AMAZING race weekend that reminded me how much I love this event and why it keeps going strong in its 19th year, long after the 24-hour craze of the 90s has faded. I will be back in 2015, and you should be too! ---- update: I made a second post that answers some questions and has some more info. The only individual prizes you can get at a team 24 hour race are the "Fastest Lap" and "Fastest Night Lap" prizes. If you're a serious racer (which most people at this race AREN'T), you pay attention to this stuff. Back when I used to do the race on the Back Bay Team, we'd fight over who got to ride 2nd because it was the "hot lap spot" -- the first rider on the course who didn't have to do the Le Mans start. This was better than going 3rd or 4th on your team because lapped traffic quickly started appearing -- your best bet at taking "fastest
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so much for "auto upgrade"
maybe diane f should be sent an "anonymous" link to that...
wow.
That's the most technical form of trash talking I have ever witnessed.
funny as heck
BTW, I'll buy you a 12 pack of whatever you want if Willi's name mysteriously gets left off the published results at Wrentham...
I have a guess based on the seller's location, but it's only a guess.
i haven't taken that much abuse since cylorazzi replied to my post on 'the list'
ouch...
We can make this happen.
J-sneaky
BTW... colin...
maybe you can clarify your point thing...
esp regarding the 40 needed to go from 3-2 not to mention the bumped up field from 20-30...
can't ever upgrade to a 1 from a 2/3 race... so those 2's can keep sandbagging to their heart's content unless someone tells em to start racing in the elites...
2-1 needs 40 points in races that are 60 min long...
but then everyone is already well versed in those rules from feeling bad about calling someone a dirty sandbagger only to find that they aren't...
wtf? my point thing? if you mean crossresults, I follow the nebra points that are linked from the racer page as well as I can. Field limits are enforced correctly. Time limits are not, because most races don't list times.
anyway, to pretend that the cx upgrade rules are well defined is pure ignorance. We all know that Diane applies common sense over the strict letter of the rules any day, as she should. likewise, these guys (or at least awerbuch and peterson) should move up, regardless of what technicality might make it "legal" for them to keep racing 2/3 or 3/4.
easy to apply?
nah
open to wiggle room?
maybe...
maybe i don't see as many gray areas as you do...
:-p
it just bike racing...
(i guess i am making a strong case to some how be left off the results, assuming i even finish, much less make to the start)
Sure, they're defined, they're also completely impossible to apply. Not until racer categories are listed on results can we even begin to actually do upgrades by the book.
Until we can do them by the book, then the whole thing is a crapshoot. The upgrade rules I speak of not whatever arbitrary and impossible shit USA cycling prints up -- I'm talking about whatever Ms Fortini uses in her head when deciding whether to allow an upgrade.
full sentences good
gewilli write bad
make people and himself confused
complete sentences make clear
poetic justice and fahked up writing do two things
#1 work to understand
#2 ignore
#2 is usually the better option
i be way too much of an I D ten T lately...
My girlfriend is a Cat 3 and she has a UCI license, and rides elites.
cat 3 lady-types can race elites at nationals, but not cat 3 boyz
if the damn promoters would get their collective asses together - or maybe USAC - and race categories it'd be helpful and positive.
in the mens side have:
P/1/2
3
4
no 2/3 or 3/4 races...
dats the only way to clear up the sandbagging bitching and all that...
ya race 4 until you get enough points... you race 3 until you show that you are fast enough to go to 2...
but then like all shit i utter on this subject - just another dumbass idea in incomplete sentences....
I don't like 3/4 races. If you're a 4 racing 3/4 instead of 4, just win a few 4 races and upgrade. If you're racing it as your second race, well, tough.
Same for 1/2/3.
I understand the need for 2/3 at Verge so that not every cat 2 has to buy a UCI license, plus it makes for a good killer B field.
But I HATE 3/4.
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