Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
I agree with the OP's point. At the extreme end - I was doing practice races with Cat A/B track cyclists who had years of experience compared to my 6 weeks of training. Similarly I was doing training crits with Cat 1/2/3 as a newly licensed 5.
Not sure what kind of crits you're talking about here. If you tried to join a crit here in Chicago with cat 1s and 2s (something like the Intelligentsia Cup) as a newbie with six weeks of riding under your belt, two things would happen:
First you'd be dropped in half a lap.
Secondly you'd piss off everyone on your way out the back.