Originally Posted by
John Wilke
Your gripes are well founded, I can't fault anyone for that, yet there have always been problems at Superweek and you've got to expect that with 2 weeks of racing (give or take) there will be more. Riders, officials, and the general public have always had gripes about this or that back as far as anyone can remember, leading to various nicknames that aren't new: Stupor Week, Stupid Week, etc. Yet you got to hand it to them for pulling it off year after year (since 1969). For example, just having the Lake Front Long Course last year, on a Wednesday no less, was fantastic. No one raced that course since Nationals in 1985! The Kenosha Criterium is still a huge success, and there are new courses this year that have never seen bike racing before, such as Cudahy (not on this course), Lake Geneva, and South Milwaukee. So, hang with the hard times, there's still plenty to enjoy and give 'em time to pull it together. We still have 3 weeks until ToAD, then another a couple weeks after that to Superweek. (Yeah, I've always been more of a 'glass half full' kind of guy
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I don't hate superweek. Despite my griping, I hate to see it end and look forward to it's return every year. Despite the numerous, reported glitches, I think those guys do a pretty decent job.
We're pretty spoiled here. We had a guy come from SoCal and spend the summer riding and racing with our team last year. He couldn't believe the consistent intensity of races week-after-week-after-week. He also said that the money up for grabs is a lot higher her.
And, seriously, where (on the planet) can a Cat 4 race for 10 straight days, take a less-than-two-week rest, and then race almost every day for 2 more weeks? My biggest complaint with superweek is that I can't get enough of it. Despite it's blatant preference for Cheeseland.
Having said that, Coach just asked for a list of races I'd like to do the "second half" of the season. Parts of July weren't exactly easy to schedule...