Should I race collegiate or club?
04-28-10, 06:06 PM
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Go to Emerson and START a cycling club. It's really not that hard, you've got to pound some pavement for sponsors and talk things through with the school, but you'll open up the world of collegiate cycling (which, as was mentioned above, is an absolute blast!) to a bunch of your classmates.
04-29-10, 12:29 AM
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Collegiate cycling is awesome and it's not even close to being the same as club racing. Most clubs don't really work that well and chances are other people in those races are working for themselves so when it comes down to it everyone is racing for themselves. In Collegiate racing everyone is on a close knit team racing against other close knit teams which equates to actual team tactics. You get to make some awesome friends and it's way cheaper, we just have to pay for food. Team dues were 125 bucks for 6 weekends of racing, housing and transportation. You couldn't even enter an omnium club race for 125 bucks.
04-30-10, 12:53 PM
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Go to Emerson and START a cycling club. It's really not that hard, you've got to pound some pavement for sponsors and talk things through with the school, but you'll open up the world of collegiate cycling (which, as was mentioned above, is an absolute blast!) to a bunch of your classmates.
04-30-10, 01:04 PM
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also, our races are more interesting (and generally better) than any of the local races, and they are much cheaper too. There are plenty of $40 crits. Our races are capped at $17.... so start a club at the University of your choice and rock the college season!
04-30-10, 01:34 PM
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04-30-10, 04:47 PM
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Because the vibe I got from CU, and Boulder in general, was a giant group of people so preoccupied with themselves and their Green (though really, not so green) lifestyles that they couldn't get out of their own way for all the self-appreciating pats on their own backs.
If that makes any sense.
And that's saying something, coming from a liberal town like Burlington, VT. Boulder is a whole new level of deeply ingrained superiority complex.
I like quite a few people from Boulder. But it was the vibe, maaannnn..... I met too many tools in the two days I spent there.
If that makes any sense.
And that's saying something, coming from a liberal town like Burlington, VT. Boulder is a whole new level of deeply ingrained superiority complex.
I like quite a few people from Boulder. But it was the vibe, maaannnn..... I met too many tools in the two days I spent there.
04-30-10, 04:56 PM
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**** I was a music performance major and he was the director of bands, so there was no getting around this chump.
To the OP: I wish I had done collegiate racing when I was in school. From what I've seen/heard, there's nothing more fun and the sense of team spirit is fantastic.
04-30-10, 05:45 PM
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Indeed, to each their own. Many love CU. I have a friend from highschool who loves it. I probably would have liked it just fine. But I'm very happy up here in the Fort 
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Regardless of which university you choose, join a local club. If you end up at BU, you can join their club in addition to your USAC club.
I'd guess that well over half of the racers in the ACCC are also on USAC clubs (much higher number in higher categories). The collegiate season goes from February to April, but then you probably want to race with a team during the summer too.
I'd guess that well over half of the racers in the ACCC are also on USAC clubs (much higher number in higher categories). The collegiate season goes from February to April, but then you probably want to race with a team during the summer too.
