Originally Posted by mcjimbosandwich

Thank you. Yeah, upgrading to C's. I've seen enough sketchy cornering (though i did one slightly bad cornering myself yesterday, but didn't come close to taking anyone down). Guys cutting the wrong apex, swinging wide, etc. That said, i won't be going to Eastern's as i have a defense coming up on the 27th for my graduate degree. Time to do a ton of threshold training & base miles in anticipation for the Cat5's races this summer. Scary thing is that people in C's would beat me by a good minute for the hill climb. I know most courses don't have that much climbing, but it's kinda scary regardless.

The crit yesterday was a total s**t show. Two crashes, both of them because people can't corner. With two laps to go i decided to jump to the front. I know i probably won't win, but it was a lot safer as i don't trust many in the field on taking at-speed turns (especially the 130 degree one near the end). As i have no teammates, i basically "led out" the field. Got caught at the line, and did a marginally acceptable bike throw for 2nd.