Originally Posted by
Ygduf
there's a noontime crit around here that is like tues/thurs I think, then @
mattm does one in san jose pretty regularly thursday nights?
Yes, the "Alviso" crit on Tuesdays & Thursdays (year-round I think?)
I've never done Alviso, but I do the SJBC "Twilight" crit in the summer.
Neither are USAC sanctioned, both on open roads. The SJBC crit has a small fee and lap cards and minimal prizes, the Alviso crit has a jersey or something. The sad thing about both of those is that it's mostly medium-fast people, no heavy hitters for the most part. Small fields for both.
Isn't there also something up in Santa Rosa on Tuesdays?
There's also the "POO" (port of Oakland) ride, I think also on Tuesdays? Never done it, but it makes for good Strava titles.
All I know is Seattle's Seward Park Crit on Thursdays was (and probably still is) the ****. Not USAC sanctioned, but organized with primes, lap cards, etc. A lot of the local heavy hitters would show up, so it was basically a real race. And the road was more or less closed.