Originally Posted by
bhikkhu
Not to judge, but that sounds like a reasonable case for a "hazardous route", if it encourages cyclists to blow through stop signs at speed. In my area there are just a few like that, but its generally avoided - its bad form, and makes everyone look bad. Making segments from stop-to-stop is the easy answer.
If this course was on regular roads, I would agree with you. But on this course - as I said in the OP:
Originally Posted by
DGlenday
...It's just 0.6 miles long, in a business park that is almost 100% deserted during the weekend and at nights, the road surface is excellent, and the corners are wide and safe. A crit is run around this circuit, and quite a few crit racers use it as for training precisely because it's safe and fast...
When I squeezed a few laps into a busy day last Sunday, there was not one single car within a block of me.
ANYWAY - I created a new (identical) segment, and all the performance stats are back