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[Closed] Rapha Supercross - Suitable for 1st Race?

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Hi all, I'm wanting to enter my first CX event, and this is on, down the road from me, a week on Sat & Sun. The Sunday race for V40s is described as "Category B CX Band 4". I don't really know what this means, and the BC website doesn't really make it any clearer.

So my question is: Am I eligible to enter a race like this, and is the standard going to be suitable for a fit 40 year-old doing their 1st race?

Ta

PS Full disclosure: Yes, I did also post this on Bikeradar. But as their CX board gets about 2 views a week (and one of those is me), I thought I might get a better response here.


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 6:39 pm
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band4 is the normal league standard that happens around the country every sunday throughout the winter. you need to hold a bronze license or pay for a day license to race.

Rapha tends to attract guys from across a few leagues so there will be some pretty handy riders at the front but overall the atmosphere is pretty chilled. The field is normally very big so the race is a bit of a lottery anyway.


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 7:10 pm
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Awesome. I'm going to enter. Thanks.


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 7:12 pm
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So my question is: Am I eligible to enter a race like this, and is the standard going to be suitable for a fit 40 year-old doing their 1st race?

Go on, give it a go. Everyone comes last, or, at least, not first in their first race. Right?


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 7:15 pm
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Don't mind coming last I suppose. I was last of my wave out of the water in the Salford Tri many years ago. Got a good sympathy round of applause from all the WAGs spectating 😀


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 7:28 pm
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What's the worst that can happen?

There's also a battle of the Roses race AFAIK


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 7:29 pm
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Roses race on Sat - I can't make it


 
Posted : 08/10/2015 7:31 pm

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