Originally Posted by
scheibo
Its flat, far away and contains bad roads. No thank you. That's like 3/4 on my checklist of things I don't want (sketchy turns/descents is all that its missing).
Is this a California thing, like 40 degrees being cold? Bad roads and sketchy (I prefer to say "challenging") turns are just part of bike racing. It's skill-building. Not that you should do a race you aren't stoked on, but as long as things aren't ridiculous I don't get the objection to courses that challenge the racers.