So let's say you're a Cat 4 local racer. Maybe on the small side (like say 5'5", 133 lbs) and you want to upgrade to a Cat 3. Well, let's face it, those crits are hard to win when the guy winning it rides a bike that's bigger than you are!
So why not try Matt's Super Easy Volume Cat 3 Upgrade Racing Plan
That's right, in 27 easy steps you too can upgrade from a Cat 4 racer to a Cat 3 racer, just by racing in 27 races in one season.
This takes considerable dedication. Sometimes you might have to race twice in one day. Make sure your wife understands that there will be no vacations during racing (or training) season (oh and let's not mention the physcial toll this might make on the libido... I'm sure she'll understand). You also might hope that she can't do the math on how much money you spent on race fees (or the traveling fees... let's not even discuss "equipment fees"...you really "need" a time trial bike for this plan to work, right?).
Sadly this plan will not work for upgrading from a Cat 3 to a Cat 2 racer. You might actually need to win races for that.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Some Housecleaning
The race season is right around the corner, and Matt is busy training and helping to get everything ready for the team.
Some changes have taken place this year. Some old sponsors and some new ones. The team is "official" with it's own board and set roster. Including a Chester County Velo website (coming soon).
Matt and I will be keeping this blog to keep his own record of how he's doing etc (and I'll continue to post photos of the races that I attend).
So Iron Hill Brewery continues to be a sponsor and they'll be joined by Bean's Bikes, Brandywine Coachworks, Cannondale, Chester County Orthopaedic Associates, Ltd., Comcast, Liberty Properties, Radius Technologies, Rudy Project, SAP, Strohl Systems, West Chester Anesthesia Associates and the West Chester Cycling Club.
Team Roster:
The bikes arrived at Beans from Cannondale
and Matt's taken it out a couple of times (now that the snow is melting and the temps are in the 30's). He really like the aluminum frame for racing. Some of the other things have also come in (like the helmets) but the new kits won't be here until March. Just in time for his first race (let's hope!) on March 17th! Hmmm... I hope he ordered warmers, too!
So best of luck to the team for this upcoming season... I'll add more content (and do a little site clean up in the next couple of days) as well as the upcoming season race schedule!
Some changes have taken place this year. Some old sponsors and some new ones. The team is "official" with it's own board and set roster. Including a Chester County Velo website (coming soon).
Matt and I will be keeping this blog to keep his own record of how he's doing etc (and I'll continue to post photos of the races that I attend).
So Iron Hill Brewery continues to be a sponsor and they'll be joined by Bean's Bikes, Brandywine Coachworks, Cannondale, Chester County Orthopaedic Associates, Ltd., Comcast, Liberty Properties, Radius Technologies, Rudy Project, SAP, Strohl Systems, West Chester Anesthesia Associates and the West Chester Cycling Club.
Team Roster:
Chris Candy
Kyle Centrella
Mike Ciunci
Scott Gamble
Aaron Hendriks
Stephen Howard
Timothy Karabin
Thomas Keenan
Kevin Kopanski
Charles Kruelle
Richard Maclaughlin
Marty Mrugal
Matthew Perry
Bob Ruther
Jason Schiltz
Richard Steele
Kirby Tirk
Bryan Verdeur
James Walls
Joe Hamilton
Phil Fox
Adam Snoke
The bikes arrived at Beans from Cannondale
and Matt's taken it out a couple of times (now that the snow is melting and the temps are in the 30's). He really like the aluminum frame for racing. Some of the other things have also come in (like the helmets) but the new kits won't be here until March. Just in time for his first race (let's hope!) on March 17th! Hmmm... I hope he ordered warmers, too!
So best of luck to the team for this upcoming season... I'll add more content (and do a little site clean up in the next couple of days) as well as the upcoming season race schedule!
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