I raced PP Saturd (not a regular) and was the guy who went off the front halfway through the race. In that instance noone came with me so instead of going on a suicide mission I soft pedaled back. It was probobly for the best as it was early in the race and the break would not likely have stuck. To the anon comments, it did seem like only a handful of guys were working at the front to force a move and set a hard tempo up the small hill (notably Westwood Velo, and Kissena). I think its hard to get the sprinters and there teams to work hard when they know the race will likely I thought it was a fun race and good training for me. Wish it was a bit longer 15 laps maybe.

i too think rockleigh is a great race. small field. an hour or so of hardnosed racing against good guys; lots of westwood guys like Roger and Gisler; work on skills, get the high intensity. its midweek.
only downside is that its thurs so if i have a big race on the weekend, it doesnt work.
pavementis crapped up on one side but not that bad

To Prospect 4 anon. Reading your post sounds like you were very much a spectator. You’re complaining about no-one doing any work – doesn’t sound like you initiated any attacks – if the race was so “lame” you should have soloed off to victory. Moral of the story is – make the race happen – don’t expect others to do it for you – and more importantly don’t whine about the pace if you did nothing the change it.

Pretty lame race today. No one would work to get in a break and no breaks had any real fight. A racer hammered half way through the race near the finish and got a large gap very fast and noone would bridge up. From that point on that was pretty much the story of the race. No work just everyone sitting in for the sprint. Also, it looked like the guy who won (not certain) did violate the jogging path rule during the race to bridge up to a break. Just sayin…

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…there’s always this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/travel/escapes/22Paintball.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

do they exist

They’re just checking out the new girls in the racing clinic. Riding Soloist gets to you.

so you’ll all have to come over to NY and pay our excessive sales tax to get yourself some sweet sweet QR action.

if you were indeed a “bike racer” and not a stuck-in-the-4’s-forever-roadie-only, you might actually be able to appreciate the nuances of track racing and the awesomeness of mountain bike racing. have you ever tried either one? maybe you ought to before you make absurd blanket statements.

Empire has fallen back to being a local CP team?

he should change his name from ‘bike racer’ to douche bag. who rags on track racing and women’s cycling on the same day?

then track and mountain bike racing is..women racing

“You mean nobody except for the guys who win road races all the time, right?”

Yes, those guys. They probably race mountain bikes too, equally as exciting.

stop it with the Kissena Velodrome, no one cares

You don’t have to care about the Velodrome, that’s your business. But there are many people who enjoy a variety of race types, venues, opportunities, etc. Bike racing is fun! Enjoy it any way you can get it.

Thinking about doing this Sun mtb race for something a little different:

Campmor H2H Race #3, NORBA AMBC, New Jersey State Championship Race

http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=4020

You can ride to Rockleigh and Park Ridge, both are profiled on the “Local Race Courses” section (button on the left) on VCN.

I thought Schmalz said Cat 3s are the sluttiest category? Now they damned sluts? Wasn’t that the name of his band in HS, Dan Schmalz and the Damned Sluts?

I would totally do this race but…I’m too lazy.

lazy to ride, or lazy to drive? one of the great things about nyc is that you can ride to so many races. only worth driving to the big ones.

I like Schmalz’ term for Cat3 as “the category of the damned” – so true…esp if you are old like me/us and dont see spending yet more time on the bike.

By the way, I find that picture quite disturbing for some reason. What is the devil-man with the bottle hoping for, exactly?

Dont forget this race in Princeton NJ – right near my second “home” – a small roach-infested basement that I live in half the week. The race is actually good fun – a 2.4 mi circuit with a nice 0.07 ish mi upgrade that progressively hurts quite a bit. To my knowledge, though, there is no House on any of the four Corners, and the Grand Prix is a pat on the back. Come join me in this pain fest!