Originally Posted by
bernside
Here's a racing related question - why do people wait until the last minute to sign up for races (at least here in NC)?
For example, it is 2 weeks to the state championship RR and there are no more than 2 people signed up for any category.
Weather
Illness
Prefer to give promoter the late fee
Keep goals more discrete
I pre-reg if I am looking to do the race way in advance (gives me a target) or if I think there's a chance it'll close out.
On the goals thing - I was the only one registered for the 3s in the NE Crits for a long, long time. Someone pointed it out - it's like showing your cards before the race. After I realized that I decided to pre-reg close to the event or do day of race.
I use pre-reg start lists to get an idea of how hard the race will be, or who to mark.
cdr