Masters or Crit's?
thetool
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I'm going to have a go at racing this year but don't know whether to do Master's or Crit's.
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what are masters..?0
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Age related.I would be in the 45+0
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I am a bit older than you and have tended to do the BC crit races plus the odd road race
Have all been fine but haven't won any of the 3/4's
Going to give a few of the LVRC events a go this year as well
All depends what you want from them. I'm not quite at the stage where I want my age to be taken into account....but there again
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I think he's a cousin from over the pond so probably a completely different system. Don't know the answer I'm afraid!0
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from Atlanta, by the looks of it. I was struggling with the original question because it appeared to be an illogical choice between an age-related category and a type of racing. Still not really sure what was meant...0
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Yeah I am originally from Leicester but have lived in Atlanta for the past 12 years.I think its a bit different over here with the categories.I am able to start racing at cat 5 or Masters which is age related but in this you have ex pros etc.I've been riding for just over 7 months and have just started riding with Cat 2/3 training groups.0
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You have the choice - race both.
It's likely that you'll find Cat 5 easier, but it's also likely that the masters will be "safer" albeit possibly harder.Jibbering Sports Stuff: http://jibbering.com/sports/0 -
After doing a bit more research I'm thinking of having ago @ Cat 5 and take it from there.0
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I was going to suggest MK bowl for both masters and crits until I read your postPseudonym wrote:from Atlanta, by the looks of it. I was struggling with the original question because it appeared to be an illogical choice between an age-related category and a type of racing. Still not really sure what was meant...
I only did sportives and training in USA but no racing, training was experience out there, I was even called a fag for being on a bike in lycra, don't think they big fat guy in the pickup understood my response due to accent but he understood my middle finger before trying to hit me off
Don't know if this is normalbut in Boston area road users are apparently wuite abusive to riders,more so than here apparently 0 -
Yeah.There are some right knuckle heads over here,almost as bad as the big ass pot hole everywhere.Makes me wish I was back home.0
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I'm going to ride Masters wherever possible if only because the standard of riding is higher that yer typical 4ths crits.0
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really ?SteveR_100Milers wrote:I'm going to ride Masters wherever possible if only because the standard of riding is higher that yer typical 4ths crits. Dont forget you can get total beginners who are vets also, who have just started racing so have to watch out occasionally :? 0 -
Im not old enough for masters but I started out with Cat 5 and it was a good introduction to racing.
Cat 5 has reputation for lots of crashes but we had some experienced (and higher cat riders) in with the group to act as rolling marshalls and that helped.0 -
This my main concern,don't really want to end up in the railings on my first race.............0
