Race Licences

Hunterg46
Hunterg46 Posts: 133
edited April 2011 in Amateur race
Okay, so I bought a silver (Under 18) race license a few weeks back, 2 weeks before my race. I did not receive the license in time for the race but I had my license number etc, and on the BC website it told me I had a silver license. I one my first 4th cat race which gave me enough points to progress to 3rd cat, but I'm yet to recieve my license, and now when I go on the BC website and click on 'my membership' it just says...

Member since: 12.03.2010
Current Membership: Community
Membership Number:
Membership Status:

Do i need to pay for a new license now i'm 3rd cat?

Thanks.

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  • Hunterg46
    Hunterg46 Posts: 133
    *(under 18 )
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I'd give them a call on Monday.

    Did you get a race licence on top of the silver membership?
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    There is no such thing as a silver licence. There's a silver membership. A race licence is separate.

    So as Nap says, did you pay for a membership PLUS a licence (an extra £36 I think)?

    If so, then you'll be upgraded to 3rd Cat for free and (eventually) a new licence will be sent out.

    It all goes to your club secretary, so check with them.
  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    Pokerface wrote:
    So as Nap says, did you pay for a membership PLUS a licence (an extra £36 I think)?

    Much less as a junior or youth which I think the OP is 13 or 0 I think.
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  • Hunterg46
    Hunterg46 Posts: 133
    sorry, i meant a silver membership, which cost £32.

    I just tried to buy another membership and it said 'We're very sorry, it looks like you have a duplicate membership record on our system. We can help sort this out for you'.
  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    The Silver membership on its own comes with a 'free' Provisional License, which will save you a few quid from single-day race fees but will not allow you to get any points. You need to spend the extra thirty-odd pounds to get the full racing license, for which you'll need to call British Cycling on the phone (there is no facility on the website to add a full license to an existing Silver membership).

    Sorry, but you're not an official 3rd Cat yet! (Unless there is a genuine mix-up and you do have a full license)
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    ^^ Wot he said. You need to purchase a race licence separately from your membership. If you haven't, you can - and when you do nicely explain you thought you had one when you won your race - and ask to be upgraded to Cat 3.

    They may or may not do it - but if you won your first race, chances are you'll get the points again quickly anyway.

    jibberjim wrote:
    Pokerface wrote:
    So as Nap says, did you pay for a membership PLUS a licence (an extra £36 I think)?

    Much less as a junior or youth which I think the OP is 13 or 0 I think.



    Then he wouldn't be riding in (and winning) Cat 4 races!
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    can I suggest the best thing to do is just to phone them up (details on their website). Every time I have done, the guys I have spoken to have been incredibly helpful and sorted things out really quickly.
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    mroli wrote:
    can I suggest the best thing to do is just to phone them up (details on their website). Every time I have done, the guys I have spoken to have been incredibly helpful and sorted things out really quickly.


    I used to work there doing that - answering membership questions. And I agree - they are a really helpful bunch in general.* They realize it's just bike racing and for fun. Not life or death.





    *your experience may vary
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    I agree they've always been very helpful. Only managed to get answers through e-mail though (pretty quickly), as the phone always seems to be busy when I've tried.
  • ga02clr
    ga02clr Posts: 97
    I have heard they are now very strict on back dating points even if you licence has not arrived yet. Good luck trying to get points retrospectively added to a race licence you had not purchased.

    The reason would be that what’s to stop someone racing 4th cat for a season or more without paying for a licence and then when they do well in a race and get points paying for a licence and geting the points updated.

    If you want the points pay the money..... Seems fair.
  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    ga02clr wrote:
    I have heard they are now very strict on back dating points even if you licence has not arrived yet. Good luck trying to get points retrospectively added to a race licence you had not purchased.

    The reason would be that what’s to stop someone racing 4th cat for a season or more without paying for a licence and then when they do well in a race and get points paying for a licence and geting the points updated.

    If you want the points pay the money..... Seems fair.

    Although you would have to pay extra for a day licence, which depending on how many races you do in a season could come to more than the cost of a race licence.
  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    I'm convinced, I've just ordered my full license (over the phone). Now I just have to get some points to justify it.

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