Originally Posted by
waterrockets
Cracks me up, I was having Vitamin Cottage encounters back in '92! That team has been around a loooooooong time. Do they still call them "Chippers?"
Heal up fast.
Never heard them called that, but maybe we should start it up again.
My original intention was to do the 3/4/5 race with some teammates and help them out, and then do the 1/2/3 race afterwards and actually race it. Bad choice.
This is what I decided, based on the difference between the collegiate A race and the 3/4/5 race: a complete lack of pack skill in the 3/4/5's, combined with all of the big teams completely failing to work as teams meant a very slow race, bunched across the whole course. As a result, the idiots with ZERO pack skills couldn't move up through the field (though it was not difficult if you knew what you were doing!) so they resorted to guttering themselves to come around the whole field at once. Problem was, there was a gap between the gutter and the asphalt. Gap + *****ty roadie bike handling skills = crashtasticfest. Idiots. I counted FIVE, yes FIVE, crashes/near crashes in or near the gutter in TWO CORNERS of ONE LAP. Seriously, *bleeping* ridiculous. I'm never riding anything with 4's and 5's in it ever again. Ever.