Ride Report Fontana Race #4 2/23/08-2/24/08

You can tell I'm a native CaliGirl, anything below 70 and I'm freezing my arse off. Good job to all. I didn't even realize how many people were out yesterday while I was hiding in the car for Gabe to be done. He got 5th in his class, Expert DH. Way to go STR peeps! :beer:

 

dang. jason was moving through there.

any more applicants for the fan club, just make a small donation($1,000) and your in.

 

DH race pics

http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii309/dirthippie2008/DH race 2-24-08/
Tough day to get any pics to turn out so not many did? Rain and cloudy.
Have to start with my Incycle boys....you make Incycle mom proud every time!!
Jason-JfromLV runs the team

Adrian-Foesnasty

Franky-DHshuttlemonkey

TylerSkyler

Gilbert (Gil-Caz)

Ed

 

:bang::bang::bang::bang:Good job Jason

 

RacinJason

Justin-Mechman

Winston

Jeff-Jsims

Evil

Vince

Cont.

 

The course looks like it was super tacky, probably could have run some hookworms :lol:
Just kiddin' nice photos.

 

some sections were tacky, yet most were oil slicks.

still alot of fun to ride in.

 

gil you are shralpin it. if only oregon had a winter series

 

Dylan Dean

Orven

Mcgyver

SlimJim (his son)

Tani

Doublewide

 

All I can say is nobodys getting away with falling back. If your in our moto, you're in the moto. Get in there and get yourselfsome. :bang::beer:

As for that kid who jumped right across the lanes when it wasn't safe or prudent to do so...easy, lil' bro. You don't want to end up on the bottom of the pile. Some big boys in this class. 8-[

 

You guys are so right. I ride the 35-44 beg class and took 2nd again. I trained hard for the last 2 weeks hoping to beat the guy in my class which did not happen, although I did run my fastest lap ever. Could not do that in sport class though, I am fried after one lap let alone two. Anyways you guys are right like I said and it is getting time to move up to sport one of these days soon. Good job to all those who raced and or participated this weekend. P.S. sorry I did not see you this weekend J-MAN, maybe next time.

 

I dont think you can get takin out by someone in front of you, thats called your own freakin fault you didnt set your pass up right , tards

 

Holy crap..nice pics Sharky. Thanks.

I got the most out of my weekend riding at this last race weekend.
Nice to see a lot of racers brave the conditions -eventhough they weren't bad at all.
Here's from my second race run worth last place finish.


good times.. cya in two weeks.

 

FRANK!!! you took off your team issued trash bag?


that would have been hilarious to get a pic of that.

 

:lol::lol::lol:

Or maybe a Zero:lol::lol::bang:

 

you ran a 39 min lap right?


I came into this thread to ask this question anyway, so it's not directed at anyone specifically, but what's the magical time to beat before someone in beginner considers moving up a class? Obviously if you're winning by 10 minutes or so, the term "beginner" may not suit you, as I don't think it suits many already competing in that category.

i get the whole "i can't do another at race pace" argument as well but cmon i would hate to be in that 35-44 class racing other beginners.

 

i would say once you podium a few times..
i podiumed 3 times in beginner, the last one i won by 15 minutes #-o

my lap was a 42 minute lap in my last beginner race...
and it was my first fontana race.
now with this sport race, the second lap wouldnt be so tough if i didnt take "breaks" from training
lol

 

Good to see you show your face here.. We have missed you:beer::beer::beer:

 

I think it's subjective. If you are curious about SRC in general, I'd email Donny and ask if there are any rules.

Personally, I wouldn't want to beat everyone in my class by 20 minutes, but others maybe don't mind. And also people want the series points, or the end of the year jersey.

If someone won the first race by 10 minutes, I'm surprised they didn't automatically bump up to sport and just use that as their throw-out.

But, some might say that I'm winning Women's Sport every week and should bump up to Expert. But, it'd take me probably 2:30:xx to do 3 laps. Nothing wrong with that, but I can't hang in Expert, even if there is no consistent competition. But, I want to finish out the series and would like to get the overall jersey in November. I'll still have to work hard every race for that, as I do have some serious competition each and every week.

USAC has actual rules about moving up in category where if you podium in a certain number of races you *have* to move up.

 

Yeah, everything Allison said.

For my first DH race, I raced beginner, because I had never even been to mountain bike race. It wasn't a good fit. So I moved to expert. I still think I won a bit too easily (considering that I had next to no training, and I knew that I was in poor shape). For the next DH race, I went to vet pro, where I simply got a mid-pack finish. And considering my time would have still won the expert class, I probably found where I belong.

So for 4X, knowing that I'm not a beginner level rider, I chose sport for my first race. But for the first couple races, because I was faster than only three other people doesn't make me an expert in that discipline. On top of that, I've watched the experts, and they're in another realm that I can't even compete with, and realistically, I'm not going to get any better or any faster than I am now (despite learning a lot in the last two races). As a result, I stayed in the class for the remainder of this series where I think I belong. I'd also like to earn a jersey. And with some of the new talent that's showing up in the sport class, I have to give it all I have - and a bit more just to stay on top. But even having said that, I think that my time winning in the class is coming to an end. Those guys are young and fast, and very aggressive, so it's a good thing this series is almost over.