Are they ever going to put up details about each race?

Yeah, probably the morning of. :rolleyes:

This is Superweek folks....many, many palms to grease before we can start thinking of an actual schedule.

I really wish they could sort out that bunk-ass schedule soon. Looks like my TOAD plans may be falling apart, and without some quality superweek its starting to feel like the end if the season, already.

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You gotta get that upgrade finished.

I wouldn't hold my breath for Superweek. I have no faith in anything those boys say. Take for instance the 4/5 race at Whitefish Bay last year when were standing on the starting line for over 45 minutes and Andy Garrison was promising more primes than we could handle as it was the last day and they had "a lot" of stuff to give away, including merchandise, free pizza from a local shop, and cash. There were ZERO primes for that race.

Couple that with his speech how the lower category races were appreciated for their support of the series, yet the registration people and other workers for the company are less than friendly, even at the beginning of the series.

I could go on and on about Superweek and it's lacking-ness....guess that's why I'm on my team's committee for the ToAD race. Hmm.

Already got the upgrade covered! ;)

Your gripes are well founded, I can't fault anyone for that, yet there have always been problems at Superweek and you've got to expect that with 2 weeks of racing (give or take) there will be more. Riders, officials, and the general public have always had gripes about this or that back as far as anyone can remember, leading to various nicknames that aren't new: Stupor Week, Stupid Week, etc. Yet you got to hand it to them for pulling it off year after year (since 1969). For example, just having the Lake Front Long Course last year, on a Wednesday no less, was fantastic. No one raced that course since Nationals in 1985! The Kenosha Criterium is still a huge success, and there are new courses this year that have never seen bike racing before, such as Cudahy (not on this course), Lake Geneva, and South Milwaukee. So, hang with the hard times, there's still plenty to enjoy and give 'em time to pull it together. We still have 3 weeks until ToAD, then another a couple weeks after that to Superweek. (Yeah, I've always been more of a 'glass half full' kind of guy :D ).

Yea. Stupid Week for sure. I told myself at the end last year I was going to boycott as a result, but....dammit. There's no other races on the days I have off of work....ugh such a debacle. I really am not sure how they do it year after year, with iritating the riders with bouncing paychecks, etc., and not paying their bills to the municipalites in a timely manner....come on now Speedster, positive thinking, positive thinking.....

I'll be doing all of the ToAD as I took off from work from June 11 until June 30!! Heading down to Iowa this weekend as well!! Now that's some positive stuff right there!

Dang. With all that speed work in your legs, how can you pass up Superweek and all that money you'll be winning! You're going to have to change your name to Sandbagger22 ;)

I'm planning on doing all of TOAD again, and most of superweek. I probably won't be in good shape until superweek since all of spring was a bust. Hopefully everybody else is slow for superweek and I can get my 2's upgrade after just missing it last year.

I don't hate superweek. Despite my griping, I hate to see it end and look forward to it's return every year. Despite the numerous, reported glitches, I think those guys do a pretty decent job.

We're pretty spoiled here. We had a guy come from SoCal and spend the summer riding and racing with our team last year. He couldn't believe the consistent intensity of races week-after-week-after-week. He also said that the money up for grabs is a lot higher her.

And, seriously, where (on the planet) can a Cat 4 race for 10 straight days, take a less-than-two-week rest, and then race almost every day for 2 more weeks? My biggest complaint with superweek is that I can't get enough of it. Despite it's blatant preference for Cheeseland.

Having said that, Coach just asked for a list of races I'd like to do the "second half" of the season. Parts of July weren't exactly easy to schedule...

I'm waiting for Chicago to come up with a series of it's own. There's definitely enough racers so support it, just look a the 'cross season. Last year Superweek was split just about 50/50 WI/IL like it didn't know which way to go, but now with the first weekend bare for now, maybe it will be coming home again. The midwest is such a hot bed of racing it's not funny. It has six velodromes, two major series, and if you're willing to drive a few hours, your choice of two, three, or four different races on some weekends. I was talking to Tyson Beck at Whitnall this spring (he races Masters 3/4) and he said that he raced 60+ times last season. Some days doing 3 races. Today's news that the Tour of Missouri will not be held this year just proves how resilient SW is by lasting 30+ years. Major props. Speaking of ToAD (weren't we?), guess who's the 'official photographer' this year? :D I also just ordered some new glass this morning, so you better wash that team kit for your next victory. :)

Superweek Breaking News!!

See PelotonStar.Com for details.

:p

Congrats on the photographer gig! With as much as you put into the local race scene, it's great to see you get involved in an "official" capacity... and it's about time! Hopefully superweek will do the same.

Please get a shot of me at Road America before I get shelled.

I know a couple guys who shoot the cars at RA and will prob. shoot the bike race as well. I'll point you out. :D

Pre-registration for TOAD ends tonight. I just reg'd for Road America... 48 miles of pain, I'm sure.

Superweek Reg is open.

http://www.internationalcycling.com/schedule

later.

Nice catch.

FWIW, the Geneva race still seems to be up in the air. It's going to be discussed tomorrow (Monday) at the city meeting. Hopefully it will be a done deal shortly.

And, about that meeting, they're asking folks to show up if at all possible. If you're interested and need details let me know.

Was talking with people today. ToAD registration way up. (looked real slow early on). Bahati Foundation should be riding ToAD as well as Superweek.

Bong and a Half TT this morning had a real good turn out. The Iowa State Track Champs at Kenosha Velodrome was sparsely attended, but everybody was having a good time, while the first annual Burlington Classic Criterium was really sparsely attended which is a shame because RDS Productions did a great job of putting that one together. Full report later at Peloton Star. :)

Send me any info you learn about that meeting.

RDS puts on nice events. He really does. At Vernon Hills, I got cash, a gift certificate for pizza, a little medal, and a podium interview from Kenny Labbe. Pretty cool! The problem is, he's a bit old school... like, until the ICA forced him to bikereg there was no pre-registration. The promotions before the event could use a little more intensity. Plus, two of his events this year (Wonder Lake, and Burlington) are on weekends were there's already no shortage of events (and, Wonder Lake put itself right on the weekend that Winfield had been for several years... thankfully the folks at ABR moved that to August). But, even with that "slow growth" model a couple of his races (Vernon, Fox River Grove) are turning into solid early season races. I could see Wonder Lake getting there as well.

If anything, his last couple of races have suffered from too much area racing... we have it good.

Will do. I don't want to jinx anything, but I was talking to one of the guys who went to the meeting last week. He's since sent out some emails to folks in town. The news sounds mostly positive.

The RDS Burlington race was wayyy short on racers. It was fun, but because there were mostly 3's geargrinder was able to destroy us and ride away with first and second.

In other news I'm pre=reg'd for all of ToAD in the 3's and as a team we're hoping to win the overall one more time.

Oh, you're just sore because you were the youngest 'kid' in the race. :D

Heh, boy did they put the HURT on you guys! :roflmao2:

I sure got worked over. I'm pretty sure I spent about half the race alone just waiting to get lapped for the 4th time. Oh well.