FLCC> [Cookies] A cute little article for most of us

[Mark Rishniw]

The biggest issue with this blog is exactly the philosophy this rider 
proposes - pass/fail.  Most cat4/5 racers do not race to win, but 
rather, they race not to lose.  In other words, they don't try 
anything offensive, they just defend, defend, defend.  That's why 
it's relatively easy to win as a team in these races - teammates are 
prepared to sacrifice themselves to have one of their team win.  And 
it's also the reason so many crashes happen - riders try to "not get 
dropped" and react to every single move as if it were the winning one.

Twinkie.


At 04:51 PM 4/21/2008, LiLynn Graves wrote:
>*Caution:* This article is by no means meant to discourage trying to win
>the C's on Tuesday nights in Ithaca. This is the time when you pretend
>you are winning the tour de france as you're coming to the finish with
>the last pack of 3, sprinting till you puke!
>
>http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2008/04/sitting-in-and-bowing-out-art-of.html
>
>
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