Weekly local races?
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There is a weekly hammerfest that is harder than any race I've been in and a weekly TT practice, then in the fall a weekly hillclimb.
There is a weekly hammerfest that is harder than any race I've been in and a weekly TT practice, then in the fall a weekly hillclimb.
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Our club organizes the Greenbelt training series, which runs every Wednesday from May-August. A recent highlight was having the A race ripped apart by the boys from Jittery Joe's...
The course is a 1.4 mile loop with a fast descent, 1 90-degree turn, and a longish big-ring climb. Good fun is had by all, and in the peak of summer you can expect 100 riders to show up.
The course is a 1.4 mile loop with a fast descent, 1 90-degree turn, and a longish big-ring climb. Good fun is had by all, and in the peak of summer you can expect 100 riders to show up.
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In Portland (there are other midweek series in Eugene, Bend, and Hood River Oregon):
Monday - Master's (30+) and juniors at PIR (Portland International Raceway) - sort of a crit on a 1.9 mile auto race track with no real corners. They have a point format with several hot spot laps with 3/2/1 points awarded for 1st-3rd place and points for the top 10 at the finish. Also a weekly Short track MTB series also at PIR.
Tuesday - same format PIR races as Monday, but not divided by age. I like all the PIR races (both Mon and Tues) because I'm a 3 and I can race P/1/2/3 races and get some experience against the fast guys - although the most of the fast guys train through these races.
Wednesday - Mt. Tabor - 1.2 mile loop with 130' hill - you are either going up or down. Painful race. Crit series starts up when the Mt. Tabor series ends in July. Also track development class.
Thursday- Track races - different races each week of all types.
Friday- track sprint races
Also, I think there are Kids races a few days a week on the track and at PIR as well.
Monday - Master's (30+) and juniors at PIR (Portland International Raceway) - sort of a crit on a 1.9 mile auto race track with no real corners. They have a point format with several hot spot laps with 3/2/1 points awarded for 1st-3rd place and points for the top 10 at the finish. Also a weekly Short track MTB series also at PIR.
Tuesday - same format PIR races as Monday, but not divided by age. I like all the PIR races (both Mon and Tues) because I'm a 3 and I can race P/1/2/3 races and get some experience against the fast guys - although the most of the fast guys train through these races.
Wednesday - Mt. Tabor - 1.2 mile loop with 130' hill - you are either going up or down. Painful race. Crit series starts up when the Mt. Tabor series ends in July. Also track development class.
Thursday- Track races - different races each week of all types.
Friday- track sprint races
Also, I think there are Kids races a few days a week on the track and at PIR as well.
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Phoenix has a A/B/C type RR every Tuesday night. 39 or 40 miles with 3,500 vertical climbing starting near Apache Junction and winding it's way past Canyon Res, Tortilla Flats on up to where the pavement ends. Then back. Not sure how steep the grades are, but the first climb is a big ring for stronger guys with a beautiful winding descent to Canyon Res. A mile of flat then a couple more miles of gradual big ring climbing followed by a short fast descent into Totilla Flats. After Tortilla is a steeper climb lasting maybe 5 miles. Tucking on the way down it's not difficult to reach 45 or 50 mph just to give you an idea of the grade. Again, nothing crazy but, the stronger riders will pull away here.
The heat is obviously a factor especially for weaker guys like me or larger gents. It's 108 in the back yard right now and we live on a golf course. Anyway, it's a great race for us weaker guys as we all roll together neutral with the pro, cat1 and 2's. Try to hang with them for as long as possible then time trial the rest of the way (for me).
The series starts in late May and last 13 Tuesdays. Prior to that there is a weekly crit that is also an A/B/C type format. Again good training for us weaker guys as we get to race with the P1,2 guys in an open parking lot. You can see the whole race and where everyone is the entire race as there are no blind corners/buildings, etc...That series last maybe 10 weeks or so.
The fall is slow down here. Not much on the schedule.
The heat is obviously a factor especially for weaker guys like me or larger gents. It's 108 in the back yard right now and we live on a golf course. Anyway, it's a great race for us weaker guys as we all roll together neutral with the pro, cat1 and 2's. Try to hang with them for as long as possible then time trial the rest of the way (for me).
The series starts in late May and last 13 Tuesdays. Prior to that there is a weekly crit that is also an A/B/C type format. Again good training for us weaker guys as we get to race with the P1,2 guys in an open parking lot. You can see the whole race and where everyone is the entire race as there are no blind corners/buildings, etc...That series last maybe 10 weeks or so.
The fall is slow down here. Not much on the schedule.
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we have a local hammerfest every tues night, there is a training crit every thurs across the river that my club goes to, i bet it is possible to get down to Dr. Pete's crit series if you wanted a change of scenery, only about an hour away or so by car. And there are races most every weekend somewhere in the surounding area. who know philly was such a great bike racing city
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We have a tues. hilly hammerfest that riders from a bunch of different teams come to. Then on thurs. there is a local crit, 1 mile loop in a business park, 2 wide sweeping turns at each end. Nice course, gets pretty fast and there is usually a few domestic pro's there. There is easily well over 100 riders there.
labrat what crit are you talking about? Great Valley by any chance?
labrat what crit are you talking about? Great Valley by any chance?
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We have weekly road races and crits. Points go to the top 10 places and totals are kept for bragging rights. We rotate among 5 different courses. Tuesday's are A riders (3 and down), Thursdays are B riders (4 and 5). These are USCF sanctioned in the sense that we have insurance coverage. We cannot get points for upgrades though. Sat morning is an informal 40 mile hammer fest starting from the local coffee shop. Bottom line, plenty of opportunity to ride with others and plenty of race opps.
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We have a tuesday road race series, a wednesday mountain bike hammer fest, and a thursday 15 km (sometimes 40 km I think once a month) TT series. All are cool and participation puts you in the running for a pair of Shimano wheels at the end of the year.
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Hi,
There are races almost every weekend in the Los Angeles basin. Sometimes races on Saturday and Sunday. Most are criteriums.
However, if you're talking about weekly series races, I only know of the "world famous" El Dorado Park Training Series in Long Beach, CA. It runs every Tuesday evening from the beginning of March through the end of August. It started out as a fast training ride (like the Rose Bowl ride) during the early 1970s(?) and turned into an official training series during the mid-1980s. I've been riding and racing there since 1979.
There are races almost every weekend in the Los Angeles basin. Sometimes races on Saturday and Sunday. Most are criteriums.
However, if you're talking about weekly series races, I only know of the "world famous" El Dorado Park Training Series in Long Beach, CA. It runs every Tuesday evening from the beginning of March through the end of August. It started out as a fast training ride (like the Rose Bowl ride) during the early 1970s(?) and turned into an official training series during the mid-1980s. I've been riding and racing there since 1979.
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I know about Great Valley as well, but people have been going across the river to the Greentree crit (keep in mind i joined all of a week ago, so there could very well be two diff groups who go do the different places)
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A weekly points race at a motor sppedway (1/4 mile track)
I participated for the first time last night.
Fun as hell.
I participated for the first time last night.
Fun as hell.
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Originally Posted by labrat_62
I know about Great Valley as well, but people have been going across the river to the Greentree crit (keep in mind i joined all of a week ago, so there could very well be two diff groups who go do the different places)
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I ended up joining tristate velo (the amaroso team) for a few reasons, i see a lot of them on the weekend tempo rides, and the sponser LBS is 2 blocks away from my apt. and I shop there anyway. And hey, the bread is good
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Weekly races:
Tuesday: Crit/circuit race at Floyd Bennett Field (old airstrip in Brooklyn)
Wednesday: Track racing at Kissena Velodrome in Queens
Saturday: Kissena Series in the Summer, Spring Series in the spring at Prospect Park
Sunday: IIRC CRCA holds their club races on Sunday in Central Park
There's also a plethora of other race series close by, Bethel, Johnny Cake (in the spring), a few series in North Jersey. Fields are generally pretty full too. 4's are usually ~35-40 ppl. 5's fill up and the 1/2/3's and Masters races always have nice fields.
Tuesday: Crit/circuit race at Floyd Bennett Field (old airstrip in Brooklyn)
Wednesday: Track racing at Kissena Velodrome in Queens
Saturday: Kissena Series in the Summer, Spring Series in the spring at Prospect Park
Sunday: IIRC CRCA holds their club races on Sunday in Central Park
There's also a plethora of other race series close by, Bethel, Johnny Cake (in the spring), a few series in North Jersey. Fields are generally pretty full too. 4's are usually ~35-40 ppl. 5's fill up and the 1/2/3's and Masters races always have nice fields.
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Tuesday night Twilight Series road races all spring and summer.
Thursday night mountain bike races in the summer.
Various hammerfests all week (but not sanctioned)
Thursday night mountain bike races in the summer.
Various hammerfests all week (but not sanctioned)
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None.....Memphis area has 2 local races a year. There are a few more if you want to drive a few hours.
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Two different crit series, one on Tuesday nights and one on Wednesdays. Tuesday's course is pancake-flat, Wednesday's has a hill or two. Dave Z shows up a couple of times a year and schools the field.
https://www.utahcritseries.com/Default.aspx
https://www.utahcritseries.com/Default.aspx
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For us in Beantown:
Tues, Wed - training crits at Wompy (Wompatuck State Park) in Hingham
Wed - TT practice in Concord
Sun - training crit at Wells Ave in Newton
Tues, Wed - training crits at Wompy (Wompatuck State Park) in Hingham
Wed - TT practice in Concord
Sun - training crit at Wells Ave in Newton
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We have the Tuesday Nighter. 9-mile loop, Bs do 3 laps, As do 4 laps. Hilly with no stops. Legendary training race - no organization whatsoever - nobody says "go," nobody cancels, nothing. It's even tough to get details on when/where it starts (it's not on any web site).
We also have the Thursday night crits at a local auto track. Very fun. $10, additional races $5, USAC officiated. 35 minute 3/4, 25 minute 4/5/junior, 60 minute open.
Both rides run every week during Daylight Saving Time
EDIT: we also have a chip-timed TT on every 2nd Tuesday night
We also have the Thursday night crits at a local auto track. Very fun. $10, additional races $5, USAC officiated. 35 minute 3/4, 25 minute 4/5/junior, 60 minute open.
Both rides run every week during Daylight Saving Time
EDIT: we also have a chip-timed TT on every 2nd Tuesday night
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Originally Posted by Second Mouse
Two different crit series, one on Tuesday nights and one on Wednesdays. Tuesday's course is pancake-flat, Wednesday's has a hill or two. Dave Z shows up a couple of times a year and schools the field.
https://www.utahcritseries.com/Default.aspx
https://www.utahcritseries.com/Default.aspx
Alas, I have moved to CO and here we have a weekly Practice Crit on Tues and a couple of TT series, one in the north and one in the south, the last TT is this week and the crits run through July then things really slow down for racing which I find kind of weird .
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Originally Posted by labrat_62
I ended up joining tristate velo (the amaroso team) for a few reasons, i see a lot of them on the weekend tempo rides, and the sponser LBS is 2 blocks away from my apt. and I shop there anyway. And hey, the bread is good
Good luck with your racing.