gsteinb

fwiw I thought you meant any stage races left this year.

are you becoming a stage race guy?

shovelhd

Greenfield is a B2C2 property, so you would be proposing a "race weekend". We have a post race meeting in a few weeks. We all need a break. I've been sending thank you notes and reminders to PD's for their invoices. We have some Juniors that need refunds, and I just sent the Cat5 gold medal to the winner. We want to discuss improvements once we have the final financials.

We have been discussing adding another race. It would be a criterium, and it would be epic. The problem, as always, is struggling to get the help to pull it off. You would be surprised how much of this comes together at the last minute, and how many tactical decisions we have to make on race day to ensure maximum safety.

I'd like to thank all of you who have taken the time to fill out the post race survey. We read every one of them, and present a summary to the board. Your overwhelmingly positive comments make all the hours worth it.

tetonrider

any forum members in for GMSR?

grolby

Well put, @shovelhd.

mike868y

yes!

(nothing like signing up to skip a day of classes your first week of grad school...oops)

dz_nuzz

@shovelhd and @grolby

What I said was more tounge-in-cheek but apparently you both took this as a completely serious suggestion. I know that each race belongs to a different club, I know logistics change when you talk about creating a stage race. Maybe the ( ) smiley wasn't as obvious as I had hoped? Statement does stand that it would be cool to see a stage race pop up in Massachusetts and that Tour of the Hilltowns would be cool to see as a stage race.

shovelhd

And what I am implying is that your idea is not out of left field, and not out of the realm of possibility.

Awesome race in Beverly tonight. Working the pits in a downtown criterium is my favorite assignment, bar none.

TheKillerPenguin

DOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEET

Stage 1 ITT starts at the dang ice cream shop on 9 and ends at notchview
Stage 2 Hilltowns course yessssssss
Stage 3 Greenfield Crit which grolby will definitely give to you to make this happen
Stage 4 Mass start Greylock hill climb with 200 laps of a parking lot crit once you get to the top. THE CLIMBERS GET TO WIN A CRIT

gsteinb

good to see you. good to grab a shovel hug

you working witches cup?

shovelhd

I put in for it. Still unemployed so I have time during most days.

gsteinb

I may try to go. We're just coming back from vacation though, and Isadorah will be working and Spawn will still be away so flying solo on an out of town race isn't as ideal.

grolby

Stage 5 grolby killed and buried in a shallow grave by his teammates for giving Greenfield away.

dz_nuzz

No one honestly expects you to give away your team's race. Also as much as I love the idea of that race (Even minus the ridiculous crit portion at the top of Greylock) I don't know if anyobe would ever want to do something quite that brutal. Aside from Mike W. who would just do it on his MTB.

Still, it would be pretty awesome to see another stage race in these parts since Catskills and Longsjo are no longer (I do not consider 3 crits to be a stage race).

TheKillerPenguin

Call it the You Are Bad At Bikes Stage Race, you will attract every roadie with a chip on his/her shoulder (all of us).

grolby

I know; that was a joke . I couldn't hand it over if I wanted to, obviously.

I agree it would be great to have more stage races in the area, and don't think that hasn't occurred to us as well...

gsteinb

anyone want to drive to Buffalo?

Homebrew01

Sucks. I hope something comes up.

notwist

Pretty sure I'm in!

TheKillerPenguin

Signed up for GMSR too! Yay bikes!

TheKillerPenguin

Oh dang I just remembered the Rochester Twilight Crit is a thing coming up. I think I want to do that assuming it doesn't start too late. My night vision is terrible

Flatballer

Have you tried different glasses? Yellow or orange or something might help you at night.

tetonrider

oh, man...after racing Boise Twilight and Cascade...and peeping all the San Rafael Twilight videos, this makes me drool a bit.

i also have to look at flights for GMSR again. i'd kind of ruled it out but i hear lots of great things. if it doesn't happen this year, i'll for sure make it happen another year.

also had a crazy idea to meet up with a friend who lives in france and is racing there--he sent me a race calendar. hm.

dz_nuzz

@tetonrider If you decide to do GMSR hit me up. I might have extra space.

shovelhd

I don't know if the Cream is gonna Rise. Five days out and 60 preregistered. I hope it makes it, I need the work. No Witches Cup, next level crew.

tetonrider

thanks! let me work on it.