Baked awesome
This weekend the parks will be filled and local representatives will be dispatched to the Devil’s Kitchen, where I assume they will collaborate to make some sort of evil confection, perhaps a really malevolent cupcake of some sort.
Today begins the Tour of the Catskills, which will continue through the weekend.
Saturday there’s the CRCA Men’s Racing Clinic and also a CRCA Club Race in Central Park.
Saturday also has the Lucarelli and Castaldi Cup Race in Prospect Park.
I just want to clarify something from below. Major Taylor was not responsible for this crash, despite their rider going down. The crash was very clearly caused by rider 126 from Berlin CT who was trying to squeeze upthe right side along the curb where there was no room. The Major Taylor rider had that spot and the Berlin guy tried to force his way in. The Berlin guy was told not to be there by another rider about a minute before the crash as there was simply no room for him to be moving up along the curb. Had 126 waited 30 seconds we would have been on the downhill a bit stretched out and he could have moved up then. When 126 was moving up he pretty much had his right crank arm on top of the curb, that’s how little room there was. It was a dangerous move.
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Come with me now. MQ, put the camera down.
MQ takes the pics that matter.
Where????will there be booze? Ill go
So why hasn’t he taken any of you? (and please come better than a mother joke)
I’d like to start the “give an inch” policy. I’ve raced more than most, and people won’t give an inch to their fellow riders. Almost al lthe time it will make no difference in the results, and maybe we could get through the last 2 miles of a park race without a large stack up. Maybe if we could all give an inch, racing would be a lot better for everyone.
What field were you in?
that would be the P123.
In any field.
Add masters sprinting for minor field places so they can place in their jersey competition and you get a mass of riders 50 deep who won’t give an inch.
no need to add masters. Major Taylor trying to squeeze in by the curb will do just fine.
You race the P123 and you haven’t figured this out yet?
I had that figured out years ago so I put a huge buffer zone around myself with one to go. It wasn’t a question of if there will be a crash, but when and how bad. It doesn’t need to happen. Charlie’s friendly competition speech should be taken seriously. There’s nothing that important at stake at the finish. I’m sure people would like to get through in one piece and go home without wrecking their bikes or themselves We all know each other out there, and should have some respect for other racers. No one is making a living from park racing. Fighting for your mid-pack spot isn’t worth the risk.
The rider who caused it all had his car towed after the race. He was seen motor pacing behind own car as it headed toward the tow yard. Pretty funny.
We’re talking about an unnecessary crash in the P123 race that may or may not have been caused by a Major taylor rider in the Masters race?
Just to clarify, bike racing is dangerous. even if you don’t do the cat 4 race.
aren’t all crashes unnecessary?
If your in contention of winning the overall or getting on the podium then sometimes you must take chances that could possibly cause a crash. We can’t all hold hands and cross the finish line.
If your 40 guys back, there’s no need to take chances.
Yeah well 40 guys back is a no brainer. Someone should have mentioned it to the clowns yesterday
the things some men do so that they can get dressed in Lycra
If you’re 40 guys back, you’re still in contention for the special old farts jersey.
I think a big part of the problem is simply not enough space for 100+ riders in the parks….and huge fields make it much harder for breakaways to succeed, which leads to big field sprints and lots of bunching up in anticipation of that… this week there was a very promising move full of strong riders chased down by 80 others averaging 28 mph. The previous week had a low turnout and it broke apart into several groups which was very safe. Maybe if field limits were 75, there would be far fewer crashes. I realize that cuts into the promoters revenue and would lead to a lot of riders getting shut out every week, but it would definitely be safer.
The fields are too damn big
can’t we all just get along?
Sascha Swage is right on.
This is definitely a hopeful Friday that it gives us all the ways in which the devils kitchen is the @@bee suits @@ place where all the representatives gather. This is all the weekend that is coming and we are looking forward for this event in the coming years too.