cyclosportif claims
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Topic: cyclosportif claims
Posted By: fards
Subject: cyclosportif claims
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 9:19pm
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just been shown this.
world championship recumbent race no less! http://www.blackratcycle.co.uk/ |
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Posted By: GeoffBird
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 9:59pm
You'd at least think they'd do a Google search before making such a claim wouldn't you  And UCI sanctioned?? ------------- Right Time - Right Place - Wrong Speed |
Posted By: graydog
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 10:27pm
do you think they will get that many riders for such a short race? 
good heads-up Fards, thanks. |
Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 9:14am
| i think we should turn up, get to front, form a rolling roadblock in protest - just like the riders do in that other UCI sanctioned race - TDF........ |
Posted By: Andrew S
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 10:49am
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So who's going to Monza now?? |
Posted By: tosgh
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 2:51pm
rules don't seem to preclude streamliners, hey Yowie how about becoming a UCI approved World Champion? ------------- weight is everything |
Posted By: Andhar
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 5:33pm
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Whos going to e-mail them then? ------------- Andrew Harrington |
Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 7:33pm
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i sent them a message asking them to look at The World Championships at Monza! I was toying with the idea of going but £18 for a 6 lap qualifier and a 7 lap final seems a bit steep (assuming qualification of course), plus travelling....only to be thrashed by local lads - Neil and Howard!!! |
Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 8:16pm
| just read the details for the race formats, each heat will consist of no more than 50 riders, with the top 50 from all the heats going through to the final. Me thinks that there might only be a "final".....so actually £18 for 7 laps is very very steep! |
Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 8:38pm
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just had an email from the events organiser who was advised yesterday that there IS a world championship, he did say it was the UCI that had told him that there wasn't. I did also suggest that a "no fee" race might attract recumbent racers, most of whom would have to travel quite large distances. He is looking into this !!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 9:37pm
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I agree they are very unlikely to fill two heats of 50 riders each... If they do then we must be doing something wrong!! I think the 48 riders at Hillingdon was as good as we've had for a while...All things considered I think it's a good thing they are having a recumbent race... I just hope they don't treat it like some sort of freak show...It clashes with the pedal car race at Blackbushe unfortunately so I won't be able to make it... ------------- |
Posted By: tosgh
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 4:27pm
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Might be worth a visit for publicity purposes just to mop up anyone who isn't aware of the clubs existance. ------------- weight is everything |
Posted By: graydog
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 5:58pm
O' I fancy riding in the fixie race  and make a day of it....
FF with a single gear might be fun the regs dont exclude recumbents like the tandem race.
'•No recumbent tandems' I rekon they will be in contact soon 
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Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 01 August 2011 at 9:32pm
| I notice, the recumbent, fixie and tandem races have been scrapped through lack of participents! |
Posted By: graydog
Date Posted: 02 August 2011 at 11:05pm
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yep guess given I was (i think) to only listed entry make me by default the UCI world champ or is the chimp
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