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TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220

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Gobi Sep 2020 10:33am, 8 Sep 2020 71,302 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Possibly the dumbest riding i have ever seen . 6 lap race with a really hard climb and we were only on lap 2 , pretty much full peloton and people were already all over the road. Madness of BC 2/3/4 cat racing. Not sure I BC road raced again after this. Too many people who are young and dumb
Battlecat Sep 2020 10:41am, 8 Sep 2020 5,569 posts	Quote Pin Battlecat Oi! I'm not young. And I don't race cats :-D
GregP Sep 2020 10:44am, 8 Sep 2020 122,425 posts	Quote Pin GregP I've done lead car co-pilot for BC 2/3/4 - and the things you see behind you going to a blind bend are terrifying. Road racing on live roads is insanely dangerous - and unfair on the poor bastard motorist who hits someone through no real fault of their own.
Gobi Sep 2020 10:59am, 8 Sep 2020 71,303 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Lol BC Exactly Gerp Sadly vets racing has got worse in the last 10 years as well
TRO Saracen Sep 2020 11:16am, 8 Sep 2020 21,898 posts	Quote Pin TRO Saracen Fair comments, I’d certainly give Road racing a swerve. MTB is the sort of 2-4 hour races and our courses round here are not too technical. I used to do off road Duathlons in winter so MTB riding is a comfort zone. Crits = crash pretty likely but serious injuries pretty unlikely. Feel like I need something to go at over Winter but not sure what yet.
GregP Sep 2020 11:32am, 8 Sep 2020 122,428 posts	Quote Pin GregP What's the place right near you TRO? Is it Tunstall Forest or something? Mud Sweat and Gears put on some things there that I often toy with the idea of thinking about.
Gobi Sep 2020 1:45pm, 8 Sep 2020 71,307 posts	Quote Pin Gobi serious injuries pretty unlikely. - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Totriornottotri Sep 2020 1:56pm, 8 Sep 2020 878 posts	Quote Pin Totriornottotri I did a few of the Portsmouth velodrome outdoor races but even they are dangerous - someone died and it got closed for years.
Gobi Sep 2020 2:05pm, 8 Sep 2020 71,310 posts	Quote Pin Gobi I had a big crash there Olly, wrote a bike off but walked away with nothing more that grazes. I remember the death, very sad times
CStar Sep 2020 6:12pm, 8 Sep 2020 7,851 posts	Quote Pin CStar Sounds like I'd better do some cold water acclimatisation then Greps. Are you sure it wasn't after a cool summer? I had heard the swim is potentially quite muddy, especially for those of us plugging around at the back.

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