Originally Posted by
mike868y
speaking of the VC...what races does this dude do with such small field sizes? are all races in CA like this? i'd quit racing before having to regularly do 10 person fields.
The big issue is distance and scheduling. Most of these RR's are a few hours drive from the cities, and if they're scheduled the same week as another race; especially if its a local crit then few show up to these. At least in SCNCA where every city has 2-3 'training crits' most racers hate anything with elevation.
....or they're like me and can't convince their wife to spent a whole day driving to a remote location so she can take a 2 hour nap during my race.