six jours, thanks a lot. thats good stuff to hear. don't worry, I'm not some nutcase trying to kill people in the 5s. I just wanted to know if such insanity is sanctioned -- if it was I'd be more prepared for it and perhaps do it myself preemptively.
Last weekened I did see a friend break his collarbone when some guy swooped downtrack and clipped his wheel. Struck me as a really ****ed up move. But then, a lot of guys with more experience than me shrugged it off, even while I was kind of stewing about how it seemed really ****ed up. The the guy who caused the crash seemed like an arrogant ******bag.
But like you say, "when in rome." If arrogant ******baggery is what's expected, then I can certainly bring it.
The only thing I need to figure out is how to sneak into pacelines during races when I don't want to jump onto the back. In the 5s, the guy at the back of the paceline will invariably get dropped and will likely be squirrely. I'd rather not be behind them.
Its also possible that I'll need to cat up to the 4s before too long.