Originally Posted by ethman

The other thing I'm noticing is that riders on the west coast seem to be stronger than those on the east coast. Of course I'm making this assumption based on a sample of two races and a handful of group rides out here (Calif) versus 40-odd races and several years worth of group rides out there (NY). I thought I saw a thread about this somewhere on here a while back: the differences between racers from different parts of the country. Seemed like the consensus was, there is really is no consensus to what region has the strongest racers.