winstonw wrote:Vander,
- Skull touches on an important point. Club crits don't have a universally applicable regulation on riding as teams.....otherwise expert opinion/sarcasm from Alex and Twizzle would have been voiced already.
- the voice of experience would have us bound at the hip to steelies and leather hair nets.
- it's 2012. C grade in my neck of the woods is dominated by 40+yo time poor racing novices. Most don't have time to do regular group race training.
- The voices of experience are illiterate in regards to the specific cardiovascular, neuromotor, and special sense physiology of this cohort, and how that impacts their ability to develop racecraft.
- Your perception of dodgy tactics is based on something you have zero insight into, apart from the emotionally loaded, wrong perspective of Zep. The training tactics are validated by Elite A graders, former Commonwealth and Olympic competitors, and key administrators of Zep's club, all of whom participate in the training.
I just had to laugh out loud at the 4th point their. Alex is a highly regarded trainer of people of all ages and has even coached atleast one Masters world record holder. I am sure he has no idea however.
Yes C grade has an older bunch some of which are very experienced, additionally it has some racing novices. In my neck of the woods, yes they dont always have time for training but when they catch a break and do a few weeks or months consistently their results reflect their increased training.
I dont think I have ever seen any of the people I have mentioned mentioning us being on steel bikes etc infact they are quite the opposite (especially alex).
Yes a lot of clubs dont really care either way, some however do not like it. What is your point?
As far as your dodgy tactics go it would not surprise me with the way you are talking here. Frankly I am much more inclined to believe Zep.
You have still not mentioned anything remotely scientific. As far as I understand your training consists of some paceline work, I am sure noone else does that.
Oh and Winston most the time its up to the rider himself to put himself up a grade when they can handle it.