Originally Posted by
ijunes
my crank threading stripped, so my pedal became loose during first warmup lap, glad i caught it then because i was only 1 lap away from lining up at the rail.
yikes! That's not fun to have happen. I once had a set of cranks where the bolts would occasionally start to come loose while racing-- not a good feeling either. Did you stick around to watch? Get your equipment sorted out and come back next time!
We had a pretty good full field in the 5's, and people mostly rode pretty safely. The 4/5 field sold out thursday night and we decided to split it into 4's and 5's (but didn't announce it) so we could take day-of registrations. The 5's then totally filled up again! And the 4's had a good sized field, too. I didn't see much excess sketchiness in the 5's, though they're still 5's... The older juniors had a few kids who were using a lot more track than they needed to ride in a straight line, but even they started to smooth out by the end of the day.