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Re: [necyclocross] 2006 Nats Dates?

There is no cat 5. If you follow the link, it shows how you if you're a 4 or
a 5 on the road, you'll be a 4 to start in 'cross.

And I plan to tackle the barriers the way I always have: at full speed,
slightly out of control, dressed in spandex.

Adam


on 5/2/06 1:30 PM, GeWilli at gewilli@... wrote:

> So its a 4 cat system? how does it fit within the 'tradditional' 5 cat
> system...
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> And maybe while we are playing 20 questions... how are the organizers going
> to tackle the barrier rules? Is this gonna be like one of Patrick O'Grady's
> cartoons from back in the day when barriers were so big and numerous in an
> attempt to discourage those bunny hoppin mt. bikers?
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> On 5/2/06, Tim Lucia <timlucia@...> wrote:
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>> http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=2221
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>> Not sure it explains it, per se. It does give categories, requirements
>> for
>> upgrading, etc. but nowhere does it map onto our well-known fall schedules
>> and who can do what with which category.
>>
>> I would guess that
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>> C <==> 4
>> B <==> 4/3
>> A <==> 1/2/3
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>> M35 "A" <==> 1/2/3
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>> For women, drop the B row.
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>> Tim
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Hey All, Anyone know the dates for 2006 nats yet? I know it's damn early, but if anyone has an idea could you let me know? I don't need specifics like what...
Matt
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May 2, 2006
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Right on the www.ne-bra.org calendar, December 15-17. Now if someone could just explain to me how the new cyclocross category system works. Alan Bath Cycle and...
Alan Starrett
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May 2, 2006
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http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=2221 Not sure it explains it, per se. It does give categories, requirements for upgrading, etc. but nowhere...
Tim Lucia
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May 2, 2006
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I wrote the blueprint for USAC, but I take no responsibility if it bombs. As for what promoters can do with their races, it's completely up to them what cats...
Adam Myerson
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May 2, 2006
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Adam -- Thank you for the clarification, and glad to see you're involved. Too often the edicts get handed down without active athlete involvement. Has there...
Chris Strout
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May 2, 2006
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Not to my knowledge. I don't think that discussion has happened yet. Adam...
Adam Myerson
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So its a 4 cat system? how does it fit within the 'tradditional' 5 cat system... And maybe while we are playing 20 questions... how are the organizers going ...
GeWilli
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There is no cat 5. If you follow the link, it shows how you if you're a 4 or a 5 on the road, you'll be a 4 to start in 'cross. And I plan to tackle the...
Adam Myerson
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yeah - the link...('course i sent it before i got your email) what was i thinking? I thought i was up to date on every public web document at USAC about...
GeWilli
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May 2, 2006
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... speed, slightly out of control, dressed in spandex. ... True, in every sense of the word, on all three counts ... http://tinyurl.com/hgsrz or ...
Henry Jurenka
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May 3, 2006
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... After years of filming, Henry has video of every conceivable scenario stashed away........
Steven Bonadio
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May 3, 2006
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... Oooh! Oooh! Show us Mark McCormack riding over some barriers next!...
Todd Rowell
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May 3, 2006
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... Todd, Now that you mention it, I don't recall EVER seeing*) Mark riding (bunny-hopping) over barriers. However, my memory is not as good as it used to be,...
Henry Jurenka
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Mark did bunny hop at Gloucester - he and Tim both. I want to say that was in 2000? Dan ... Todd, Now that you mention it, I don't recall EVER seeing*) Mark...
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Dan, I scrambled to search in my shoe boxes (it seems like only Melda Marcos had more than I do) for the Supercup Gloucester 2000 CX race, and I finally found...
Henry Jurenka
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It seems that Mark McCormack bunnyhopped the barriers once on the last lap of the 2000 Supercup CX in Gloucester when he had a 10 second lead. Here he is...
Henry Jurenka
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... Steven, One video I do not have (and I wish I had) is that of the remarkable feat by Adam Craig - riding/jumping over that monstrous (3 ft high ???) log...
Henry Jurenka
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Yeah, thanks for that, Henry. Remind me to thank you in person next time I see you with a kick in the shins. Rob Hult says thanks, too. Adam...
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What is so fascinating about this game of cyclocross played at the high level is that things can change in a blink of the eye. Rob was pushing the pace hard on...
Henry Jurenka
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... Looks like his left foot was still clipped in when he started his run. Steve...
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That could certainly do it, and it may explain the slight bike "kick". Touching the brakes (especially the front one) too hard at high speed may also cause a...
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I nearly spit chili all over the monitors... not to laugh at others but the whole bouncing up and the comment there at the end... I like physical comedy and...
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Drip drip "Henry Jurenka" <hjurenka@... r.com> To Sent by:...
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