Originally Posted by
big dane
thank you duke! which is usually more popular? i'm pretty good with endurance, i think i'd probably be better at actual road racing instead of crits. i can go for long periods, i'm not so good at bursts of energy. plus the tactics!!!
i want to try both though. do people usually do both? is it 10 of each type of race to cat up or can you do like 2 crits and 8 road races?
Yes, people usually do both. Crits are probably more popular, and by that I mean more numerous. Simply because they shut down a smaller area and less roads. Crits can be just as "tactical", if not more so, than the average road race. In a crit, there are attacks, counters, breaks going up the road and getting pulled back all the time. In a road race, the moves are fewer, and stick longer, generally speaking.
And, I wouldn't pick your "specialty" until you've done quite a few races. Don't limit yourself.
It's 10 mass start races, so any combo of crits or RRs. TTs do not count.