The Ultimate Chang Challenge

Ewoud Dronkert said:

"National 'cross champions to race each other"
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=news/2005/nov05/nov26crossnews

When I read the headline I thought it would be Nijs against Groenendaal,
Franzoi, Stybar et al. But no.

Dumbass -

Since you regularly beat BoogerD in sprints, maybe they'd give you an
honarary Masters Fattie championship jersey. Why the hell wouldn't
they? Everyone else has one.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.
rbr Masters National Champion

Kurgan Gringioni said:

Ewoud Dronkert said:

"National 'cross champions to race each other"
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=news/2005/nov05/nov26crossnews

When I read the headline I thought it would be Nijs against Groenendaal,
Franzoi, Stybar et al. But no.

Dumbass -

Since you regularly beat BoogerD in sprints, maybe they'd give you an
honarary Masters Fattie championship jersey. Why the hell wouldn't
they? Everyone else has one.

thanks,

K. Gringioni.
rbr Masters National Champion

OK, lets count them up. From http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=320

U23 Road - 6
Elite Road - 12
Junior Road - 24
Collegiate Road - 12 individual, 6 team
Master Road - 83

Elite Track - 22
U23 Track - 8
Junior Track - 27
Collegiate Track - 11 individual, 4 team
Master Track - 71

Mountain Bike - 94
Collegiate Mountain Bike - 20 individual, 2 team
Trials - 5

Cyclocross - 22

Mountain biking takes the age graded concept to an almost retarded
level, extending it throughout the entire set of Expert category
races. So it's hard to compare totals against the other masters
fatty disciplines. But I believe the sum of championships awarded
to age-graded competitors over thirty is not quite 200.

That adds up to 417 total plus the collegiate team titles. I don't
know the details of those and I don't want to know. I would have
thought mountain biking would have pushed the grand total over 500
but that appears to not be the case.

Bob Schwartz

Bob Schwartz said:

OK, lets count them up. From
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=320

http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/rbr/usac-champions.png

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Bob Schwartz said:

OK, lets count them up. From
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=320

http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/rbr/usac-champions.png

Such is the case in the age of specialization and pandering to market
segments. I consider "graduations" from third to fourth grade (for example)
and standing ovations for insignificant achievement to be in the same
category.

Carl Sundquist said:

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Bob Schwartz said:

OK, lets count them up. From
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=320

http://anonymous.coward.free.fr/rbr/usac-champions.png

Such is the case in the age of specialization and pandering to market
segments. I consider "graduations" from third to fourth grade (for example)
and standing ovations for insignificant achievement to be in the same
category.

In NYC, graduating from third to fourth grade is no longer a gimme.

http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/20040406/6/942

If the kids don't get into fourth grade, they don't take the fourth
grade test which determines whether the schools meet federal standards.

Steve

--
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

Scott said:

I'm just curious, but why does the issue of masters' racing and all
that it entails bother you so much?

Did your wife run off with an old, fat guy or something?

No, his parrot did.