CRCA is a cycling club with a charter that allows them to hold exclusive club races in central park.
in their races, instead of having several hundred people in the same jerseys racing, they have sub-teams underneath the club.
the upside is that you get different teams and team dynamics in races. for the clubs, they get to fulfill usa cycling (soft) requirement to sponsor a race by virtue of membership with CRCA.
so your choices are to:
1. join CRCA and remain unattached in generic yellow and blue CRCA jersey
2. join CRCA, join a sub-team and wear their fancy custom lycra kit with CRCA emblem on the shoulders
it's a huge club, you can usually find some members or ex-members wherever roadies congregate. there are some CRCA racers in Redlands this weekend.
always fun to give a, "what's up nyc!" shout whenever i see them on the road