Season start argument

Marmo fight!

Marmot fight!

"When alpine marmots come out of their burrows after late spring, they immediately set about reestablishing their territorial boundaries."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbBhiPsRqWA

finally, someone with some brains

Who's down to get a grupetto going in the A field for the March 6th CRCA race?

no, they don't plow, but it's going to be over freezing every day, no way it's still around a week later.

same as every year.

some guys totally out of shape and will get dropped.

most in marginal shape but will get stronger as the season goes on.

a few maniacs who have been out there every day all winter long and are chomping at the bit.

I'm expecting a little bit of a chubby

i don't know, FBF in March sounds like one of the inner circles of Hell. But at least there won't be any mosquitoes or tall grass growing on the course.

"With Spring Series, Bethel and CRCA race is a race at FBF really needed in March?"

not everyone in nyc belongs to CRCA. SS and Bethel are on Sundays, maybe some of us non-crca riders want to race on satudays too.

I'm expecting a little bit of a chubby festival at the first race this year. Too little time to train, too many donuts. Not me, though, I'm totally underweight - 7 wtts/kg

With Spring Series, Bethel and CRCA race is a race at FBF really needed in March?

riding the trainer makes you crash because when you are racing there is no one there to hold your bike up for you

riding the trainer makes you crash? why, what's wrong with you?

With all the snow coming over the next few days I think this is the second race that will be cancelled. Not sure if they plough at FBF but I doubt it.

No. I'm way off track in fitness from the goddamn miserable trainer. I need to race myself into shape, but I'm worried about crashing because I also need time to dial-in/get-used-to my equipment. Since many of you are probably in the same situation, I'm even more worried about the upcoming crash festival. Let me just state now for the record that the crash is not my fault. Why can't you guys hold a line?

Toto emerges:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/28th-giro-di-sardegna-2-1/stage-2/photo...

$money

bunch o' pansies, all of you.

Yes

Nizzle, what's the issue that's dooming the Battenkill UCI race after 2010?

trying different disciplines such as CX, MTB, and track keeps it fresh.

Many are burnt out and the rest are racing CX. You cant have racing from Feb - Nov and expect large turnouts the whole season. You could just ride for fun from Sept - Dec and enjoy riding for the sake of riding or you could race CX. Eitherway, you can race your bike from March - December.

On another note, looks like the Battenkill Pro race is doomed after this year.

I am waiting for it to warm up or at least have a start that is after 8 AM- too old.

Till then I will do a couple of mountain bike races- later start times and they are less crash prone than the early season road races.

By late Sept and Oct sunrise is close to or after 7, which is too late to start a park race.

Sept and Oct are good times for racing but many are burnt out by then and attendance at races is way down from March and April for Park and open races.

i like the early season stuff when it's above freezing, because i'm eager to get back to racing, but i agree that it doesn't make a lot of sense to stop in the first or second week of september when it's nice enough to race for basically the entire fall.

i'm gonna bitch about your f'ing meatloaf abuse. i used to think that was a funny joke.

CRCA does a great job given the demands placed on CP for permits

you all make fine points. too good. now what am i going to bitch about!? mom, meatloaf!!!

CRCA has to work with the dates the Parks department gives it. Nothing to do with the Club's desired schedules

I agree there should be more races during the fall as the weather is nice, but the cycling season comes to a close at that time and CRCA races are looked as training races to prepare you for the upcoming season.

CRCA has 2 park races in Sept. The 11 and 19 plus a Bear race.

i don't understand your point. that it isn't starting early? park races? one fbf already cancelled? and does that in any way address september and october? seems to me like you said "there are really only one or two that I think about"

Dieter is already having some organized pre-rides of Battenkill. The fee is $75 but it comes with half a turkey sandwich and an autographed photo of Adam Myerson.

With no Jiminy and Bear a week later the season is a little less front loaded this year. Grant's Tomb is absurd and then Battenkill are only early season races.

Cristoffel Prinsloo made sure that everyone knew that Mother was only half a word when he crossed the finish line in first place.

I believe that it rhymed with 'moosalakka'

B.

one more time what the problem is w/ racing in september and october?

is this the best place for something like that?

bear mountain is no longer on mother's day

and has not only given up park racing in the fair weather month of October, but this year has also given up the better part of September!

I'm still recovering from a lung transplant and 2 knee surgeries, but I think after a weekend of low cadence drills with my power cranks ill be more then ready to tear up the cat 5 field for the 3rd year in a row.

I saw the name of the site as Velocity Nation and thought I'd post. But after arriving and seeing that it is really NY Velocity, I decided I'd keep my California comments to myself. Come on out someday and try our burritos, BikesnobNYC says they're Epic!

Too early, too cold and too lazy to put on all those layers for a park race. These days I just enjoy riding on and off road.

Not sure if ready to start racing. But ready to start bitching!

which of course I am and will happily, joyfully race quickly in circles with other like minded psychopaths....

Bring it...

too bad I'm fat and not fit..

i am training real hard for the turkey race. outta my way suckas

It's 23 degrees at 9:30. The roads are a combination of salt gravel and snow.

Hell to the no.

I haven't been outside to ride since November.

first to post but not first to race