No SSWC for me
So this was in my inbox this morning....
Thank you for your interest in SSWC08. Unfortunately registration filled up prior to receiving your form. We had over 800 people interested and only 350 spots to fill. We hope you will still consider coming out to Napa, CA for the race festivities and to cheer on your fellow single speeders. There will be various rides around the Bay Area the week leading up to the race and afterward too, so it should be a lot of fun. We will be posting a blog soon to keep everyone up to date on what's going on. Thank you.
SSWC08 Team
I've been holding my tongue on this one for a couple days now and haven't bothered to check over on MTBR.com so this might be an old issue to some, but personally I think the way they (being the race directors) went about this whole thing is a load of bullshit. I can hear the planning meeting now, "Let's open registration on new years eve and let's do it at midnight california time." "Hey that's a great idea, that way anyone on the East Coast will have to stay awake past 3 in the morning on amateur night!" "Better yet, let's not bother to email the people who signed up for email updates six months ago when they first heard the worlds were going to be state side (like myself) and have them discover it after registration has been open for a full six hours already."
Sorry, I know this whole East Coast West Coast thing isn't nearly as big as Biggie and Tupac, but I meant come on people. Why the hell would you open up registration on New Years Eve? I thought the whole spirit of single speeding was doing things that you enjoyed and who enjoys either having to skip drinking and wait by a computer for a link to open. Or try to stay sober enough to make it past 3 AM and then make it home w/ enough where with all to operate a computer.
Which brings me to my next gripe 350 SLOTS? What the F@#K is that? This is the World Championships and you're only going to have 350 racers? Crap on a stick, I've seen NORBA races that have more contestants, now I know that there are people that will say that those races have more categories, but those races also weren't billing themselves as a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP race. Anyway one last one for the homies and then I'm done with it, Mt Washington is the week before it and way tougher anyway.
so for those of you not in the region, it's been stupid cold (for Georgia) the last couple of days. Cold to the point where it actually makes sense to own a $200 fleece jacket as something more than a fashion statement. Wed night I tried to go ride at Big Creek for the night ride, I say try because even though 90% of me was layered properly to keep me warm, my hands froze into useless chunks of flesh resembling this shape.....
and to top it all off, the cold weather caused my Fox RP3 shock to go into the stuck down position, making the entire bike useless. Now I know some of you are thinking, what kind of single speed 29er uses a RP3, and to answer your question, none. That shock resides on my Turner Flux, my old race bike that I won't part with and use especially this time of year when I'm trying to keep a lower heart rate. The rest of the year is devoted to trying to make riding a bike as difficult as possible- one gear on mountain town, check - 55 toof big ring on the road bike for the gaps, check- punching Bam Bam in the quads at the finish line of a race......well even I'm not that stupid.
POAS
matt-
Thank you for your interest in SSWC08. Unfortunately registration filled up prior to receiving your form. We had over 800 people interested and only 350 spots to fill. We hope you will still consider coming out to Napa, CA for the race festivities and to cheer on your fellow single speeders. There will be various rides around the Bay Area the week leading up to the race and afterward too, so it should be a lot of fun. We will be posting a blog soon to keep everyone up to date on what's going on. Thank you.
SSWC08 Team
I've been holding my tongue on this one for a couple days now and haven't bothered to check over on MTBR.com so this might be an old issue to some, but personally I think the way they (being the race directors) went about this whole thing is a load of bullshit. I can hear the planning meeting now, "Let's open registration on new years eve and let's do it at midnight california time." "Hey that's a great idea, that way anyone on the East Coast will have to stay awake past 3 in the morning on amateur night!" "Better yet, let's not bother to email the people who signed up for email updates six months ago when they first heard the worlds were going to be state side (like myself) and have them discover it after registration has been open for a full six hours already."
Sorry, I know this whole East Coast West Coast thing isn't nearly as big as Biggie and Tupac, but I meant come on people. Why the hell would you open up registration on New Years Eve? I thought the whole spirit of single speeding was doing things that you enjoyed and who enjoys either having to skip drinking and wait by a computer for a link to open. Or try to stay sober enough to make it past 3 AM and then make it home w/ enough where with all to operate a computer.
Which brings me to my next gripe 350 SLOTS? What the F@#K is that? This is the World Championships and you're only going to have 350 racers? Crap on a stick, I've seen NORBA races that have more contestants, now I know that there are people that will say that those races have more categories, but those races also weren't billing themselves as a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP race. Anyway one last one for the homies and then I'm done with it, Mt Washington is the week before it and way tougher anyway.
so for those of you not in the region, it's been stupid cold (for Georgia) the last couple of days. Cold to the point where it actually makes sense to own a $200 fleece jacket as something more than a fashion statement. Wed night I tried to go ride at Big Creek for the night ride, I say try because even though 90% of me was layered properly to keep me warm, my hands froze into useless chunks of flesh resembling this shape.....
and to top it all off, the cold weather caused my Fox RP3 shock to go into the stuck down position, making the entire bike useless. Now I know some of you are thinking, what kind of single speed 29er uses a RP3, and to answer your question, none. That shock resides on my Turner Flux, my old race bike that I won't part with and use especially this time of year when I'm trying to keep a lower heart rate. The rest of the year is devoted to trying to make riding a bike as difficult as possible- one gear on mountain town, check - 55 toof big ring on the road bike for the gaps, check- punching Bam Bam in the quads at the finish line of a race......well even I'm not that stupid.
POAS
matt-
Maybe Skyline park set the limit at 350 riders.
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