Timeline for Do I stand any chance in a race?
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| Oct 6, 2020 at 12:32 | comment | added | FreeMan | @Criggie "Any time I'm in a group ride, it's a race. Whether the others realize it or not." Is that what you meant? ;) | |
| Oct 5, 2020 at 23:15 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @FreeMan there's a nominal cat6 too - people who use race and bunch techniques on their commute. Whether the other rider/s realise it or not. | |
| Oct 5, 2020 at 18:21 | history | edited | Weiwen Ng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 23, 2020 at 22:01 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | In the US, you only need to complete 10 mass start races to upgrade from cat 5 to cat 4. This is really a total beginner category. Cat 4s are still beginners, and actually crashes in those races are very common, and can put people off road racing. @FreeMan It's true that pros crash a lot as well, but the original questioner isn't a pro. Also, they indicated that they're not male, so this actually doesn't apply to them. | |
| Jul 23, 2020 at 20:34 | comment | added | user91988 | "Historically" means "in the past". It doesn't and shouldn't necessarily imply a very long period of time. Just, a historical one. The 90s and 00s are indeed history. | |
| Jul 23, 2020 at 19:14 | comment | added | Lamar Latrell | I thought cat5 was derogatory term for what we call 'commuter cuppers' here in Melbourne. People who race each other on thier way home, often one rider (the faster one) being completely unaware they're racing ... I didn't know it was a real category? In Aus we have grades A through D. | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 22:29 | comment | added | FreeMan | Thanks for making me feel old, @AndrewHenle... :( I stopped racing before then. I did know that there was a Cat 5... | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 22:25 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | @FreeMan USA Cycling has had cat 5 for at least 23 years now - cat 5 races existed in 1997 | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 18:17 | comment | added | FreeMan | "Historically" men's racing has 5 categories? Your view of history is very short. When I was licensed there were only 4 and I'm not that old... Also, crashes aren't uncommon in the pro ranks - have you ever watched coverage of the Tour? | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 15:32 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | The funny part? I wound up in a ride with the guy from "that team" who was in the break a few years afterwards. When that race came up when we were talking and I told him the story of how he got reeled in with just a few laps to go - let's just say he wasn't happy with his teammates. | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 15:26 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | My recollection is that good team tactics are pretty rare Understatement of the century. I've actually been in a race where a group of riders all from one team managed to pull the entire pack up to a 3-man break in a circuit race with just a handful of laps to go. They had a team member in that break so they effectively knocked their teammate off the podium with that move. (I also had a team member in the break - I had managed to cover the break for 3-4 laps and screw up their earlier bridge attempts, but I was gassed. I did learn that covering a break is just as hard as riding in one...) | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 14:06 | comment | added | Chris H | w.r.t the last paragraph: One nice thing about audax is that your pace doesn't matter (the minimum speed is very low), but your ability to keep going is important. There's essentially no competition though - we have AUK points (and AAA climbing points) but some riders accumulate huge totals, but nothing more than kudos for speed. That of course doesn't prevent you from seeing how fast you can go. It overlaps with the long TTs, and plenty of audax riders also race | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 10:36 | history | answered | Weiwen Ng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |