Masters Natz - end of May 2016 - USA (NC)
05-20-16, 07:03 AM
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Looks like the Master's Crit course has changed, at least according to this post on FB: https://www.facebook.com/59261085753...type=3&theater
05-20-16, 07:48 AM
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Now that looks like fun!
I see a few of CDR's teammates signed up, but not a whole lot of northeast sprinter types. Most of the name I recognize are better suited for the RR or TT.
I see a few of CDR's teammates signed up, but not a whole lot of northeast sprinter types. Most of the name I recognize are better suited for the RR or TT.
05-20-16, 09:28 AM
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Looks like the Master's Crit course has changed, at least according to this post on FB: https://www.facebook.com/59261085753...type=3&theater
Yeah it's on the official USAC site too. Looks like a much better course.
05-20-16, 10:20 AM
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@topflightpro and I did this last weekend. https://www.strava.com/activities/577416820
Edit: How long will you be in town for? I'll be out there to marshal for the pro races on Saturday and racing the WSC crit Sunday afternoon.
Edit: How long will you be in town for? I'll be out there to marshal for the pro races on Saturday and racing the WSC crit Sunday afternoon.
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05-20-16, 10:22 AM
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I'd be ranked like 7th in the RR though, but like 45th in the crit. It's a topsy turvy world at USA cycling.
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05-20-16, 10:38 AM
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Hmm yeah, I actually have no understanding of where the USAC ranking numbers come from. A hard Rockleigh (which isn't a masters field of course) looks like it's worth around 80. Thater 40+ last year and Kermis 40+ this year were 85. But most other east coast masters crits are over 100 even though they have pretty much the same guys as Thater etc. And Tulsa Tough 40+ last year was 65.
05-20-16, 10:58 AM
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It's based on the ranking of the the guys who finish within a certain placing or something, and is an average of your top results over the past whatever months.
It gets meaningless though. One guy you've raced against at Augusta will drop out of races he isn't going to factor into before the finish to keep his ranking high.
Road Results uses a different algorithm, but is equally meaningless. If I do a couple of hill climbs I can get my road results ranking down to like 240, which makes me the best ranked rider in anything I do that doesn't have NCC guys in it.
It gets meaningless though. One guy you've raced against at Augusta will drop out of races he isn't going to factor into before the finish to keep his ranking high.
Road Results uses a different algorithm, but is equally meaningless. If I do a couple of hill climbs I can get my road results ranking down to like 240, which makes me the best ranked rider in anything I do that doesn't have NCC guys in it.
05-20-16, 11:02 AM
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@topflightpro and I did this last weekend. https://www.strava.com/activities/577416820
Edit: How long will you be in town for? I'll be out there to marshal for the pro races on Saturday and racing the WSC crit Sunday afternoon.
Edit: How long will you be in town for? I'll be out there to marshal for the pro races on Saturday and racing the WSC crit Sunday afternoon.
I'll be in town from Monday through Friday next week, doing the 35-39 RR & crit.
Weds is the only day I'm not traveling or racing, and I'll probably go see my brother in Asheville that day, so not sure how much riding in the area I'll do.
05-20-16, 11:03 AM
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It's based on the ranking of the the guys who finish within a certain placing or something, and is an average of your top results over the past whatever months.
It gets meaningless though. One guy you've raced against at Augusta will drop out of races he isn't going to factor into before the finish to keep his ranking high.
Road Results uses a different algorithm, but is equally meaningless. If I do a couple of hill climbs I can get my road results ranking down to like 240, which makes me the best ranked rider in anything I do that doesn't have NCC guys in it.
It gets meaningless though. One guy you've raced against at Augusta will drop out of races he isn't going to factor into before the finish to keep his ranking high.
Road Results uses a different algorithm, but is equally meaningless. If I do a couple of hill climbs I can get my road results ranking down to like 240, which makes me the best ranked rider in anything I do that doesn't have NCC guys in it.
05-23-16, 05:40 AM
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we have a large group doing a recon ride from RR start at 11am this morning, either parking on Sunny Acres Dr, or at Food lion next door, doing two loops
05-23-16, 07:04 PM
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pavement out here is SUPER nice. cool course. full road closure or rolling enclosure for our 116 riders.
i'm ranked ahead of adam myerson, so there is that. and i'm ranked WAY too high in the TT.
https://www.usacycling.org/myusac/in...16&step=riders
i'm ranked ahead of adam myerson, so there is that. and i'm ranked WAY too high in the TT.
https://www.usacycling.org/myusac/in...16&step=riders
05-24-16, 07:09 AM
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The new course is partly on a fairground speedway - it goes around the speedway, turns out of the fairgrounds onto the street, makes a 90 degree turn onto another road, then turns back into the fairgrounds and onto the speedway. There is a regular weeknight crit series on the fairground course- but it stays in the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds pavement used to be in awful condition, but I hear it was recently repaved. It should be an interesting course.
05-24-16, 10:13 AM
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Yes, they changed the course. The original course was a triangle on roads around a parking lot of the Wake Forest football stadium. But there are also several corporations on the other side of the lot, and I guess that caused some issue as it would limit access for workers.
The new course is partly on a fairground speedway - it goes around the speedway, turns out of the fairgrounds onto the street, makes a 90 degree turn onto another road, then turns back into the fairgrounds and onto the speedway. There is a regular weeknight crit series on the fairground course- but it stays in the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds pavement used to be in awful condition, but I hear it was recently repaved. It should be an interesting course.
The new course is partly on a fairground speedway - it goes around the speedway, turns out of the fairgrounds onto the street, makes a 90 degree turn onto another road, then turns back into the fairgrounds and onto the speedway. There is a regular weeknight crit series on the fairground course- but it stays in the fairgrounds. The fairgrounds pavement used to be in awful condition, but I hear it was recently repaved. It should be an interesting course.
05-24-16, 10:31 AM
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just took a spin from the hotel to make sure bike is ok.
best interaction with locals so far - as I rode by some guys drinking in a driveway:
him: "hey they got that cycling thaing this weekend right?"
me: "yeah!"
him: "you gonna be in it?"
me: "yeah I'm gonna win it!!"
him: "cool man represent for us!"
best interaction with locals so far - as I rode by some guys drinking in a driveway:
him: "hey they got that cycling thaing this weekend right?"
me: "yeah!"
him: "you gonna be in it?"
me: "yeah I'm gonna win it!!"
him: "cool man represent for us!"