This was my personal experience, but I found there to be a big jump between Cat 5 and Cat 4. Definitely would have been too-much-too-soon if I'd gone straight into Cat 4.
What I mean is: if a promoter combines cup categories, then it would have to be scored separately. Also, the "Cup points" are a lame excuse to ram specific race categories down promoter's throats. Having 3 Cat 4 fields every race does not necessarily make sense.
Age is not a good determination of ability.
Why not just do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in a day? Would still need to split out 3s, 4s, and 5s into age groups because of field size at some large races.
Pre-USAC we didn't have to run cat 5s. This was the reason we needed three cat. 4 fields. Races used to have 75+ in each. With the cat. 5 USAC crap this added one or two more cats per day. See 20 minute Cat. 5 crits...
Go back away from USAC so we can define what makes since with Colorado Demographics. We also have a bunch of "sandbaggers" in the 5s because of the One-Day only in 5s rule.
"BRAC define the Cup categories and let the promoters do whatever makes sense for them on race day"
You can't have a defined CUP Policy then have someone change it at the last minute. What would be the point of having a structured series and show to a race and it be something else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY&sns=em
It's semantics, silly. 4s in one system = 5s in the other. Both = beginner.
New course has less climbing plus fast descents into the climbs on 128. Definitely windier though.
This was my personal experience, but I found there to be a big jump between Cat 5 and Cat 4. Definitely would have been too-much-too-soon if I'd gone straight into Cat 4.
What I mean is: if a promoter combines cup categories, then it would have to be scored separately. Also, the "Cup points" are a lame excuse to ram specific race categories down promoter's throats. Having 3 Cat 4 fields every race does not necessarily make sense.
Raced Superior Morgul and Boulder RR several times. Maybe I'm fitter this year!
The full course was pretty effective at dropping riders, for a supposedly easier race.
Age is not a good determination of ability.
Why not just do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in a day? Would still need to split out 3s, 4s, and 5s into age groups because of field size at some large races.
Pre-USAC we didn't have to run cat 5s. This was the reason we needed three cat. 4 fields. Races used to have 75+ in each. With the cat. 5 USAC crap this added one or two more cats per day. See 20 minute Cat. 5 crits...
Go back away from USAC so we can define what makes since with Colorado Demographics. We also have a bunch of "sandbaggers" in the 5s because of the One-Day only in 5s rule.
"BRAC define the Cup categories and let the promoters do whatever makes sense for them on race day"
You can't have a defined CUP Policy then have someone change it at the last minute. What would be the point of having a structured series and show to a race and it be something else.
The is CUP policy for all the read on http://www.coloradocycling.org/.
Races, registration, flyers are planned more than 30 days in advance.