How many registered Cat1, Cat2, Cat3, etc racers are there in the US?
06-12-07, 09:14 PM
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How many registered Cat1, Cat2, Cat3, etc racers are there in the US?
My inlaws are in town and asked me about my cycling. I was trying to explain the whole notion of racing Categories and got some blank stares. They finally said "so how many Cat3s are there in the US?" which I could not answer.
I think there are something on the order of 50000 USA Cycling registered racers. I thought someone posted some data as to the Cat-specific breakdowns but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone help with this?
--Steve
I think there are something on the order of 50000 USA Cycling registered racers. I thought someone posted some data as to the Cat-specific breakdowns but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone help with this?
--Steve
06-12-07, 09:18 PM
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Anyone ever get the question on how you become a "Cat" racer?
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was this the thread you were thinking of?
https://www.bikeforums.net/33-road-bike-racing/237557-s-official.html
https://www.bikeforums.net/33-road-bike-racing/237557-s-official.html
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Originally Posted by riskus
was this the thread you were thinking of?
But seriously, 1300 Cat2s sounds about right but I'd like to know where the OP in that thread got his data.
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06-13-07, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by riskus
06-13-07, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by MDcatV
HAH! That OP is a total critter who gets dropped on any and all climbs. I've not seen him around BF since I started wasting, er spending, a bunch of time here, and I've not seen him at races at all this season.
06-13-07, 07:53 AM
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Over at the USA cycling site https://www.usacycling.org/rankings/ you can see how many are ranked in each discipline. But it is a PITA to figure out total numbers as so many are tied. Cat 2 RR has 1100 rankings, but there are a lot of ties so the number is higher than that. Not sure you can find how many are registered from looking at the website.
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Originally Posted by RockyMtnMerlin
Over at the USA cycling site https://www.usacycling.org/rankings/ you can see how many are ranked in each discipline. But it is a PITA to figure out total numbers as so many are tied. Cat 2 RR has 1100 rankings, but there are a lot of ties so the number is higher than that. Not sure you can find how many are registered from looking at the website.
CAT1: 631
CAT2: 1223
CAT3: 2332
CAT4: 2651
CAT5: 1116
Sort of depressing that the numbers are that low, it's only a combined total of 7953 guys. That's using the criterium rankings, which I think would be the most common event.
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Rankings is way off...
Locally our results are rarely posted to the site.. so very few racers show up when I search my whole state (~15-20 per cat)
Locally our results are rarely posted to the site.. so very few racers show up when I search my whole state (~15-20 per cat)
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06-13-07, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Copy/paste into excel gives me these numbers:
CAT1: 631
CAT2: 1223
CAT3: 2332
CAT4: 2651
CAT5: 1116
Sort of depressing that the numbers are that low, it's only a combined total of 7953 guys. That's using the criterium rankings, which I think would be the most common event.
CAT1: 631
CAT2: 1223
CAT3: 2332
CAT4: 2651
CAT5: 1116
Sort of depressing that the numbers are that low, it's only a combined total of 7953 guys. That's using the criterium rankings, which I think would be the most common event.
It's amazing this is such unfathomable information.
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Originally Posted by zimbo
My inlaws are in town and asked me about my cycling. I was trying to explain the whole notion of racing Categories and got some blank stares.
06-13-07, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Copy/paste into excel gives me these numbers:
CAT1: 631
CAT2: 1223
CAT3: 2332
CAT4: 2651
CAT5: 1116
Sort of depressing that the numbers are that low, it's only a combined total of 7953 guys. That's using the criterium rankings, which I think would be the most common event.
CAT1: 631
CAT2: 1223
CAT3: 2332
CAT4: 2651
CAT5: 1116
Sort of depressing that the numbers are that low, it's only a combined total of 7953 guys. That's using the criterium rankings, which I think would be the most common event.
there's plenty pf licensed racers out there without any ranking (i.e. me - kind of tough to do when i'm not racing over there).
06-13-07, 09:58 AM
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Those figures don't count the thousands of masters who only race in masters races.
Also, I know a lot of guys who only do road races and others who only do crits.
Here are the numbers on licenced cyclists in the Nor Cal/Nevada association.
USCF riders in the NCNCA region (as of June 8th, 2007)
Total USCF Members 3573 Cat Total under 35 35+ 45+ 55+
Cat 5 939 348 591 268 64
Cat 4 men 1032 303 729 297 63
Cat 4 women 285 131 154 68 13
Cat 3 men 659 172 487 191 49
Cat 3 women 124 56 68 31 7
Cat 2 men 328 104 224 89 20
Cat 2 women 74 32 42 14 0
Cat 1 men 100 38 62 14 0
Cat 1 women 32 15 17 3 0
Juniors total 202
Junior Men 175
Junior Women 27
Sorry, the chart doesn't line up well, but you get the idea.
Here's a link.
https://www.ncnca.org/docs/demographics.shtml
Also, I know a lot of guys who only do road races and others who only do crits.
Here are the numbers on licenced cyclists in the Nor Cal/Nevada association.
USCF riders in the NCNCA region (as of June 8th, 2007)
Total USCF Members 3573 Cat Total under 35 35+ 45+ 55+
Cat 5 939 348 591 268 64
Cat 4 men 1032 303 729 297 63
Cat 4 women 285 131 154 68 13
Cat 3 men 659 172 487 191 49
Cat 3 women 124 56 68 31 7
Cat 2 men 328 104 224 89 20
Cat 2 women 74 32 42 14 0
Cat 1 men 100 38 62 14 0
Cat 1 women 32 15 17 3 0
Juniors total 202
Junior Men 175
Junior Women 27
Sorry, the chart doesn't line up well, but you get the idea.
Here's a link.
https://www.ncnca.org/docs/demographics.shtml
