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Central Park
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2010 New York City Spring Bicycle Racing Series
Presented by
Metropolitan Cycling Association | Team Squiggle
Central Park, NY
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Spring Series
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i am new to cycling and would like to race this year. I am assuming I should start with cat 5 races? Can i register and just show up for the spring series races in central park? Are the cat 5 races just individuals racing or are there teams at that beginner level?
You will either need to purchase a license through usacycling.org or buy a one day license at the race.
You must complete 10 Cat 5 races before you can upgrade to Cat 4.
Good Luck.
Mike
there are some cat 5 teams but i wouldn’t say there’s anything resembling teamwork
any advidc for a beginner racer, i would assume the cat 5 races have many crashes since pack riding is not perfected, so staying in the front if possible would be the way to go. I am from long island , have never ridden central park are the courses well marked?
ratfink!
The course at Central Park is very obvious (you mostly just follow the road—and there’s only one) it’s a 6 mile loop with one hill and some rolling inclines. Cat 5 races can be chaotic, and can split up if there’s a racer (or racers) in them that’s more fit than the others.
you are most probably going to race again so I would advise to get your license first. You can print it out and wait for the actual license to arrive in the mail. Take the printout to the race. Cat 5 races are very competitive and many of the racers will be very used to racing and riding in large groups. It is mostly safe and it is human nature to be scared of crashing so people don’t go out there to crash. It is a lot of fun and you will find your feet pretty quickly. See what the others are doing and ask questions which you are clearly not affraid of doing. Most of all, have fun!!
make friends, stay at the front, ride hard, get used to putting in race efforts and recovering. if you’ve never raced, most likely you’ve never ridden that hard before.
South NJ course is purrrrfect….
Though I am not a real DR or Vegan
1. Do they even have paved roads down there or is the entire race akin to Battenkill?
2. Does the town share one set of teeth?
3. Will there be some piney playing the banjo along the course?
4. Will your mother-aunt or sister-wife be the podium girls?
5. If we get dropped will we then be hunted for sport and possibly gang banged by other pineys?
6. Are prizes paid in some sort of regional currency, like corn whiskey, chaw, or weed?
7. Can we warm up on the course?
piney power!
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