Originally Posted by
Ygduf
I've never heard anyone talk about it outside of this forum. People in a race care only about how you're able to ride/race that day. What you did in a higher category on a different day couldn't matter less.
unfortunately, that's not actually true. i've seen guys given extra rope because of how they conduct themselves and others get chased down for stuff from prior races and/or off-the-bike.
sounds like you might be amazed by what riders talk about--even from norcal i think sometimes people forget the the number of people reading forums/strava/etc. can be significantly larger than the # posting/commenting. it's easy to do.