Originally Posted by PHXroadie

C, heal up soon. And like I advised after the crit...Tegaderm for that road rash. [I was in the black kit and white/blue Cervelo - we actually talked a bit after the road race about the U of A].

I was in the same race as C, and while I didn't see the crash I can attest to the fact that there were a lot of inexperienced guys doing their very first crit and a lot of sketchy riding. I fell off the back of the group and didn't have the power to catch up as a result of one guy coming WAY off of his line and nearly taking out the whole field.

C's situation is tough to swallow - and hard to offer advice on - because it's entirely possible that he did everything right, but got taken down because another rider wasn't racing right. I know that can happen in any category, but we have a higher concentration of nervous, inexperienced riders in ours who jump or overreact to the slightest bump or contact.

I do an informal crit here in PHX most Tuesday nights. I beg the more experienced guys to point out any mistakes or sketchy riding that *I* do so that I don't put myself or others in danger. If there is something like that in Tucson, perhaps you could try that. Best of luck.