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Single speed class
Does anyone race in the SS class? I was in 30+ MTB races in the 90's. I was looking to start up again but today there are actually very few races compared to my days in it. But CX is big here and at 50 years old a 30 minute race is perfect. I'm actually thinking about SS, I have my eye on a Raleigh RXS but I'm wondering how competitive it is compared to Masters 50+ CX5. Any opinions?
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Does anyone race in the SS class? I was in 30+ MTB races in the 90's. I was looking to start up again but today there are actually very few races compared to my days in it. But CX is big here and at 50 years old a 30 minute race is perfect. I'm actually thinking about SS, I have my eye on a Raleigh RXS but I'm wondering how competitive it is compared to Masters 50+ CX5. Any opinions?
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Yeah, I don't know what to do. I can only compare myself to one of my riding buddies who road races in cat 4. We're pretty much equal but I can out sprint him. I don't expect to go out and start winning or anything but I do want to be somewhat competitive. It would be a buzz kill to get dropped by everyone right at the start.
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Yeah, I don't know what to do. I can only compare myself to one of my riding buddies who road races in cat 4. We're pretty much equal but I can out sprint him. I don't expect to go out and start winning or anything but I do want to be somewhat competitive. It would be a buzz kill to get dropped by everyone right at the start.
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Worst case, you can always take the SS to Cat. 5 and race it there (as noted in previous reply). Sure you won't have gears, but you won't be racing Cat. 1/2/3/4/5 guys (depending on how your cats are structured) who are 10-30 years younger than you either.
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I am willing to bet that if you doubled up and did both the SS race and the 50+Cat 5 race, you'd place higher in the latter even without gears.
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