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Sep 2020
10:33am, 8 Sep 2020
71,302 posts
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Gobi
Possibly the dumbest riding i have ever seen . 6 lap race with a really hard climb and we were only on lap 2 , pretty much full peloton and people were already all over the road.
Madness of BC 2/3/4 cat racing. Not sure I BC road raced again after this. Too many people who are young and dumb
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Sep 2020
10:41am, 8 Sep 2020
5,569 posts
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Battlecat
Oi! I'm not young. And I don't race cats :-D
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Sep 2020
10:44am, 8 Sep 2020
122,425 posts
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GregP
I've done lead car co-pilot for BC 2/3/4 - and the things you see behind you going to a blind bend are terrifying. Road racing on live roads is insanely dangerous - and unfair on the poor bastard motorist who hits someone through no real fault of their own.
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Sep 2020
10:59am, 8 Sep 2020
71,303 posts
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Gobi
Lol BC
Exactly Gerp
Sadly vets racing has got worse in the last 10 years as well
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Sep 2020
11:16am, 8 Sep 2020
21,898 posts
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TRO Saracen
Fair comments, I’d certainly give Road racing a swerve. MTB is the sort of 2-4 hour races and our courses round here are not too technical. I used to do off road Duathlons in winter so MTB riding is a comfort zone.
Crits = crash pretty likely but serious injuries pretty unlikely.
Feel like I need something to go at over Winter but not sure what yet.
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Sep 2020
11:32am, 8 Sep 2020
122,428 posts
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GregP
What's the place right near you TRO? Is it Tunstall Forest or something? Mud Sweat and Gears put on some things there that I often toy with the idea of thinking about.
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Sep 2020
1:45pm, 8 Sep 2020
71,307 posts
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Gobi
serious injuries pretty unlikely. - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Sep 2020
1:56pm, 8 Sep 2020
878 posts
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Totriornottotri
I did a few of the Portsmouth velodrome outdoor races but even they are dangerous - someone died and it got closed for years.
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Sep 2020
2:05pm, 8 Sep 2020
71,310 posts
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Gobi
I had a big crash there Olly, wrote a bike off but walked away with nothing more that grazes.
I remember the death, very sad times
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Sep 2020
6:12pm, 8 Sep 2020
7,851 posts
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CStar
Sounds like I'd better do some cold water acclimatisation then Greps. Are you sure it wasn't after a cool summer? I had heard the swim is potentially quite muddy, especially for those of us plugging around at the back.
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