@pooriggy sometimes the stuff you say really makes me laughTrump hired and fired at least 5 white house staff members since u started this process.
Maybe you should apply for director of the FBI?
@pooriggy sometimes the stuff you say really makes me laughTrump hired and fired at least 5 white house staff members since u started this process.
Maybe you should apply for director of the FBI?
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+ Background check passed
+ Tried for a while to submit an event permit today, but the only option I currently have available to me is a non-competitive event
+ Emailed contact again to see if they can fix whatever the problem is
I am about done with this bullshit. I went into this with an open mind but this is stupid.
Summary
- USAC license for me: $75 ($75)
- Club registration: $200 ($275)
- Officials license: $50 ($325)
- CEU credit requirement
- Pass a background check
- Pay for background check: $20 ($345)
- Need to give my SSN
- Sexual Misconduct Training
- Mandatory Sexual Reporting Training
- Emotional and Physical Misconduct Training
- Race Director fee of $150 was waiver by USAC
- Additional background check information has been requested so I need to give them more information, but they will not tell me what yet
- A second background check was requested. Emailed and asked why I had to do a 2nd 2 days after the first
- Background check passed
- Tried for a while to submit an event permit today, but the only option I currently have available to me is a non-competitive event
- Emailed contact again to see if they can fix whatever the problem is
You might want to shake the tree a bit with USAC isn't your race in like 3 weeks? I'm not sure if you saw this from their site but you usually need to do their permit several weeks before
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+ Reply from Lamp (the USAC guy) - he fixed whatever was broken
+ Filled out the inordinately long race permit forms, cost $100
Summary
- USAC license for me: $75 ($75)
- Club registration: $200 ($275)
- Officials license: $50 ($325)
- CEU credit requirement
- Pass a background check
- Pay for background check: $20 ($345)
- Need to give my SSN
- Sexual Misconduct Training
- Mandatory Sexual Reporting Training
- Emotional and Physical Misconduct Training
- Race Director fee of $150 was waiver by USAC
- Additional background check information has been requested so I need to give them more information, but they will not tell me what yet
- A second background check was requested. Emailed and asked why I had to do a 2nd 2 days after the first
- Background check passed
- Tried for a while to submit an event permit today, but the only option I currently have available to me is a non-competitive event
- Emailed contact again to see if they can fix whatever the problem is
- Reply from Lamp (the USAC guy) - he fixed whatever was broken
- Filled out the inordinately long race permit forms, cost $100 ($445)
Wait, I think I want to run a USAC race. I really like the new MTB-Fondo format.Added
+ Reply from Lamp (the USAC guy) - he fixed whatever was broken
+ Filled out the inordinately long race permit forms, cost $100
Summary
- USAC license for me: $75 ($75)
- Club registration: $200 ($275)
- Officials license: $50 ($325)
- CEU credit requirement
- Pass a background check
- Pay for background check: $20 ($345)
- Need to give my SSN
- Sexual Misconduct Training
- Mandatory Sexual Reporting Training
- Emotional and Physical Misconduct Training
- Race Director fee of $150 was waiver by USAC
- Additional background check information has been requested so I need to give them more information, but they will not tell me what yet
- A second background check was requested. Emailed and asked why I had to do a 2nd 2 days after the first
- Background check passed
- Tried for a while to submit an event permit today, but the only option I currently have available to me is a non-competitive event
- Emailed contact again to see if they can fix whatever the problem is
- Reply from Lamp (the USAC guy) - he fixed whatever was broken
- Filled out the inordinately long race permit forms, cost $100 ($445)
We have had 2 races, Ringwood got 3 SSs and Mooch got 5. The cat 1 SS suspects are racing their age group on SS. ..and then there is Dave Taylor racing Open/Pro on his SS.I'm curious as to how the new "Open Single Speed" at Cat 2 distance has worked out so far.
Are all of the usual suspects from Cat 1 Single Speed just racing in Open/Pro and Age-Group Cat 1 now? How big have the fields been for the new category so far?
I think what Iggy said is right but I think the combined class isn't helping much. There were some Cat 1 guys that were gonna race SS this year and aren't now because of the Cat 2 length. We lost a lot of them like Baumann, Kelly, White, Cima, Kenny Reynolds. Virtually no Cat 1 ss guys are racing the ss class now. Looking over the last two years however in 2016 we had a combined 42 racers that did atleast one race in either class....2017 that went down to 33. I don't have the answer. Singlespeed racers seem to be declining. I think the class has only had 2-4 racers this year and none have been cat 1 guys.We have had 2 races, Ringwood got 3 SSs and Mooch got 5. The cat 1 SS suspects are racing their age group on SS. ..and then there is Dave Taylor racing Open/Pro on his SS.
SSing is down, even in the Mass Series. We need NICA to push a SS class, otherwise I'm not sure how much longer SS will be around.
We have had 2 races, Ringwood got 3 SSs and Mooch got 5. The cat 1 SS suspects are racing their age group on SS. ..and then there is Dave Taylor racing Open/Pro on his SS.
SSing is down, even in the Mass Series. We need NICA to push a SS class, otherwise I'm not sure how much longer SS will be around.
Payout/No payout has no bearing on my choice of race category. I would race a cat 1 SS race with no payout if it was a legit cat 1 distance.I didn’t research but correct me if I’m wrong, did Cat 1 SS have a payout?
If it didn’t, would you still race Cat 1 SS with no payout over your age group with a payout?
I only had numbers for 16 and 17. Too early to tell. I just find it amusing to best up on the geared crew on ssPayout/No payout has no bearing on my choice of race category. I would race a cat 1 SS race with no payout if it was a legit cat 1 distance.
Honestly, I just want good racing. I'm fine with lining up against geared guys in 45+ with my SS.
@David Taylor, h2h numbers didn't go down with change to SS class, they just got shuffled around. The same amount of people are still racing, they just moved to gears or are racing SS in classes other then SS class.
SS has always been a smaller subset of geared mtbing. Full suspension has gotten so much better over the years which kinda kicked SS to the curb imo. Bike manufactures pretty much stopped making SS because people want FS. SS has become a small niche, that will become smaller and smaller over time.
Enter Open SS, you should do better. There will probably be less racers in Open SS, less peoples to get murdered by yo.Coming from a Cat 2 SS DFL racer:
When registering for upcoming H2H races (Stewart for sure, the rest TBD) should I enter Open SS and get murdered or Cat 2 age group and get murdered?
I have a stupid question- checked the faq's on bikereg, etc. and couldn't find an answer.
If I reg for Lewmo challenge endurance cat, and I turn 45 the week after the race, may I register for 45+ masters? Or should I stick to endurance open...?
Yes I want to race with the older group because of my own perceived inadequacies...