Dear ACA

I respectfully request that you improve your timing system to the pencil and paper method.

Apart from taking more than 24 hours to post, the results from the Valmont race are clearly whack.

Every non-ACA event I've done over the last year or more, including both road and MTB events, both around the US and also in Europe, have always had faster - and more accurate - results than you are able to provide with your new system. This is even true for very large "citizen" races like gran fondos.

The ACA's mandating use of their timing system for Gold and Silver events actually detracts from the racer experience; BoulderRacing's decision to use their own timing system for their events, at the expense of being demoted to a "bronze" level event, is looking to be a brilliant stand for creating a better rider experience.

For your chip timing system, you were sold nothing but a bill of goods. It is well past time for you to abandon this white elephant, and most likely the executives that keep championing it as well.