Fogflip

This was my first season on a road bike and absolutely love it. I am in pretty good shape and would like to do some racing next season i live in buffalo ny where our local race club is the BBC. Out of curiosity what should one be able to do at a minimum to race in road races/crit style events. On my normal training rides weekday 20-30 miles i sustain between 18-20 mph depending on wind hills 20 if its flat. On my longer rides 40-60 my avg drops to 16-17. Bike racing is a foreign world to me but would love to get involved in it thanks.

neneboricua

Start here
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...s-a-tip-or-two

The following excerpt is from the thread linked above...
1. Find some group rides, fast group rides. Sit in the back.
2. Don't get discouraged if/when you get dropped from those group rides.
3. Go back the following week and do the fast group ride again.
4. If you're dropped a 2nd time, repeat steps 2 & 3
5. Once you're comfortable with the group and pace (and vice versa), take some pulls.
6. Once you're comfortable taking pulls, try some attacks (if it's that kind of group ride).
7. Once you're comfortable with steps 5 & 6, it's time to enter a race.
8. At your first race, repeat steps 1-6, but substitute 'race' for 'group ride'.