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Old August 14th 03, 03:26 PM
ronde chumpion
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Hey,

Just saw this over at www.usacycling.org. Anybody care to comment?

Thanks,
Ronde Chumpion




For immediate release;

Colorado Springs, CO. (Aug 14, 2003)

Attention USA Cycling Members:

Effective Jan 1, 2004, USA Cycling will begin a series of new
measures recently voted in by the board that bring parity to all
classes of racing. With the unexpected surge in popularity in road
cycling, the federation voted to restrict all age graded racers from
participating in senior events. These changes are in effect for all
road and track events from grass roots local to elite national level
competitions.
The primary reason such a move is possible is the incredible success
of the juniors, masters, and most recently espoir age divisions. The
membership has responded positively to holding races for juniors age
10-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The masters have been equally
surprising, having filled age brackets in 5 year increments from 30
years on up. This led to the recent addition of the espoirs (otherwise
known as U-23). The seperation of under 23 year olds has helped in
identifying future talent, and allowed USA Cycling coaches to bring
them along without undue pressure for results.
The biggest impact of these rule changes schedule to begin in 2004,
will be the removing of age graded cyclists from the category events.
The 5 category system of ranking riders will remain unchanged. Riders
hoping to participate in category races must present a USA Cycling
license with the correct category noted. All Category events will now
only be open to riders aged 24-29. This move is expected to bring the
same type of favorable response as the earlier adjustments mentioned
above did.

Board of Directors; USA Cycling. IOC member
USA Cycling Resident Coaching Program

Continued Thanks,
President Biscalegia
USA Cycling Inc.
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Old August 14th 03, 08:05 PM
Crank Yanker
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All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29.

I'd hate to be an espoir or junior, as this will substantially cut
down on the races available to them, unless there's a huge upswell in
the offering of these classes. I would thing the racer demographics in
most areas of the country would make these classes prohibitive, as
surely every race is now going to have to have multiple masters
classes to accomodate all the "old" guys.

What if you're in part of the country where master's races are 35+? I
guess you don't get to race.
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Old August 14th 03, 08:34 PM
kaiser
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I'd love to validate your post, but the USAC website is dog slow.
Would you care to provide a hint as to where on the site one might
find this information for themselves?

Sounds like a troll, but if true, I am officially through with
USAC/USCF.
Thurlow Rogers will get off his bike and just cry.

-kaiser

(ronde chumpion) wrote in message . com...
Hey,

Just saw this over at
www.usacycling.org. Anybody care to comment?

Thanks,
Ronde Chumpion




For immediate release;

Colorado Springs, CO. (Aug 14, 2003)

Attention USA Cycling Members:

Effective Jan 1, 2004, USA Cycling will begin a series of new
measures recently voted in by the board that bring parity to all
classes of racing. With the unexpected surge in popularity in road
cycling, the federation voted to restrict all age graded racers from
participating in senior events. These changes are in effect for all
road and track events from grass roots local to elite national level
competitions.
The primary reason such a move is possible is the incredible success
of the juniors, masters, and most recently espoir age divisions. The
membership has responded positively to holding races for juniors age
10-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The masters have been equally
surprising, having filled age brackets in 5 year increments from 30
years on up. This led to the recent addition of the espoirs (otherwise
known as U-23). The seperation of under 23 year olds has helped in
identifying future talent, and allowed USA Cycling coaches to bring
them along without undue pressure for results.
The biggest impact of these rule changes schedule to begin in 2004,
will be the removing of age graded cyclists from the category events.
The 5 category system of ranking riders will remain unchanged. Riders
hoping to participate in category races must present a USA Cycling
license with the correct category noted. All Category events will now
only be open to riders aged 24-29. This move is expected to bring the
same type of favorable response as the earlier adjustments mentioned
above did.

Board of Directors; USA Cycling. IOC member
USA Cycling Resident Coaching Program

Continued Thanks,
President Biscalegia
USA Cycling Inc.

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Old August 14th 03, 08:49 PM
Andy Coggan
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President Biscalegia


Your attempt at trolling might have been more successful if you knew how to
spell.

Andy Coggan


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Old August 14th 03, 09:19 PM
Robert StJames
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"ronde chumpion" wrote in message
om...
Hey,

Just saw this over at www.usacycling.org. Anybody care to comment?

Thanks,
Ronde Chumpion




For immediate release;

Colorado Springs, CO. (Aug 14, 2003)

Attention USA Cycling Members:

Effective Jan 1, 2004, USA Cycling will begin a series of new
measures recently voted in by the board that bring parity to all
classes of racing. With the unexpected surge in popularity in road
cycling, the federation voted to restrict all age graded racers from
participating in senior events. These changes are in effect for all
road and track events from grass roots local to elite national level
competitions.
The primary reason such a move is possible is the incredible success
of the juniors, masters, and most recently espoir age divisions. The
membership has responded positively to holding races for juniors age
10-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The masters have been equally
surprising, having filled age brackets in 5 year increments from 30
years on up. This led to the recent addition of the espoirs (otherwise
known as U-23). The seperation of under 23 year olds has helped in
identifying future talent, and allowed USA Cycling coaches to bring
them along without undue pressure for results.
The biggest impact of these rule changes schedule to begin in 2004,
will be the removing of age graded cyclists from the category events.
The 5 category system of ranking riders will remain unchanged. Riders
hoping to participate in category races must present a USA Cycling
license with the correct category noted. All Category events will now
only be open to riders aged 24-29. This move is expected to bring the
same type of favorable response as the earlier adjustments mentioned
above did.

Board of Directors; USA Cycling. IOC member
USA Cycling Resident Coaching Program

Continued Thanks,
President Biscalegia
USA Cycling Inc.


Do I care to comment? Why yes, I do. This is one of your more complex
trolls. It is interesting to read and almost reasonable enough to be
possible. I commend your intentional misspelling of Gerard Bisceglia's name
and representing him as the "President" rather than his actual title, "Chief
Executive Officer (CEO)." Perhaps you thought that this would keep you from
getting into legal trouble with him and the USAC. Who knows, it might. Your
posts frequently add spice to RBR.

Robert (just another fattie masters sometimes racer) StJames


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Old August 14th 03, 10:24 PM
Tom Schulenburg
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"Crank Yanker" wrote in message
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All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29.


I'd hate to be an espoir or junior, as this will substantially cut
down on the races available to them, unless there's a huge upswell in
the offering of these classes. I would thing the racer demographics in
most areas of the country would make these classes prohibitive, as
surely every race is now going to have to have multiple masters
classes to accomodate all the "old" guys.

What if you're in part of the country where master's races are 35+? I
guess you don't get to race.


Latest word is that Masters categories will be based on BMI :

Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5 - 24.9 Normal
25.0 - 29.9 Overweight
30.0 and Above Obese

-T


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Old August 15th 03, 12:35 AM
Tom Schulenburg
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"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in
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"Tom Schulenburg" wrote in message
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"Crank Yanker" wrote in message
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All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29.

I'd hate to be an espoir or junior, as this will substantially cut
down on the races available to them, unless there's a huge upswell in
the offering of these classes. I would thing the racer demographics in
most areas of the country would make these classes prohibitive, as
surely every race is now going to have to have multiple masters
classes to accomodate all the "old" guys.

What if you're in part of the country where master's races are 35+? I
guess you don't get to race.


Latest word is that Masters categories will be based on BMI :

Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5 - 24.9 Normal
25.0 - 29.9 Overweight
30.0 and Above Obese



Scratch the Underweight category. I doubt there is even 1 tenth of 1

percent
of Masters Fatties that are below 18.5 BMI.



Yes, but by definition, doesn't the concept of "Masters" reward a person
just for showing up? Nobody said it had to be competitive. Live long enough
and get a Nats Jersey.

-T



 




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