Originally Posted by
Bobby Lex
The problem with mixed-field training crits is that you throw all those racers in together and it gets dicey for everyone. You have the fitness disparity. The skills disparity. You even have an "expectations" disparity.
Some racers are probably just looking at it as a decent workout. But they don't want to risk losing any skin for a meaningless (in their mind) training race. OTOH, for some other racers a good finish even in a training crit means a lot to them and they are willing to take more risks to achieve that.
Bob
Excellent point.
If it were me and I went of the road I probably would have just sat up, cause after all it was a training crit, but IMO you did nothing wrong, if it were dangerous more then one dude probably would have said something to you. It won't be the last time you are yelled at, don't sweat it.