A (Dis)taste of Amateur Racing in 2019

[echappist]

Originally Posted by bathsalts

Crit racing is full of type-A jocks and hot heads. Exhibit A as to why it's dead in the US. What I've read about the Williams bros leads me to believe they're a positive influence so until there's evidence of Corey punching the spitter he gets the benefit of the doubt.

to be fair, so is road racing...

[unterhausen]

I would like to see footage from the guy that came in second. That was closer than it had to be

[redir]

My take on the dangers of crit racing - the free lap. Ditch the free lap. If you crash you are done, move aside and tell the ref you are out of the race. The free lap incentivizes risky behavior. Why not? You get a free lap.

[m4rk540]

Originally Posted by bathsalts

What I've read about the Williams bros leads me to believe they're a positive influence so until there's evidence of Corey punching the spitter he gets the benefit of the doubt.

And he's too smart to risk his livelihood.

[54ny77]

I don't believe all this spitting nonsense. In fact, it appears to me that the gentleman rode up along side and asked his fellow racer if he happened to have some Grey Poupon.

Originally Posted by William

...and don't forget the espresso or tea after every prime. I wouldn't want anyone thinking we were uncivilized.





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[William]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

... it appears to me that the gentleman rode up along side and asked his fellow racer if he happened to have some Grey Poupon.

[r_mutt]

Originally Posted by slambers3

Crit racing is dead? News to me. What other type of racing is “alive” in the US? Gravel lmao

Yes, road racing is dying a slow death: https://www.tobedetermined.cc/journa...mbers-analysis

[tctyres]

Originally Posted by r_mutt

Yes, road racing is dying a slow death: https://www.tobedetermined.cc/journa...mbers-analysis

Those numbers are a bit misleading because they are indexed to Rasputitsa and they are dominated by the TBD club numbers. TBD is a team within the CRCA (a club of clubs) in the NYC area. TBD still dominantly races road, however.

[earlfoss]

IMO the Williams brothers shouldn't complain too loudly about dangerous riding after some of the crap they've pulled in the recent past. All this positive influence stuff they're posting is a recent thing. Even Roy Knickman called them out the time they tried to crash out a few of his juniors. Reap what you sow!

[r_mutt]

Originally Posted by tctyres

Those numbers are a bit misleading because they are indexed to Rasputitsa and they are dominated by the TBD club numbers. TBD is a team within the CRCA (a club of clubs) in the NYC area. TBD still dominantly races road, however.

Certainly not dominated by the TBD riders. It’s a study of all registered riders from Raputitsa and what kinds of events they participated in before and after doing Raputitsa.




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[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by earlfoss

IMO ... Reap what you sow!

Wasn't this thread about #5 spitting on his teammate?