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| felix_29 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 16:54
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Was it a license race or something like the Öztaler/Cape Argus Tour? I´m pretty sure that also in Australia there are regulations about the maximum entry fee for license races.
Edited by felix_29 on 21-05-2011 16:57
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 21-05-2011 17:52
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I'm not too sure but I though it was waay overpriced.
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| Dan-J-92 |
Posted on 23-05-2011 23:01
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rjc_43 wrote:
If you don't have £5,000 a year to spare, don't even start thinking of racing consistantly during a season. That's not to say you can't give it a go at a Go Race level race (perhaps check out BC's website).
I'm racing this sunday at the South Region Champs and here's the costs:
£68 BC membership (silver) & racing license for the year.
Cost of a car.
£30 petrol to go to Andover and back (150-200mile round trip).
£2,500 bike.
£300 equipment/clothing.
£25 race entry fee.
£15 food/drink/sugar.
To be honest, the cost for the weekend race (including travel) is about £55-£60. But do it twice, or thrice a week, it soon adds up. Not to mention to race with any thought of results in Cat 4 or 3 level races (beginner in the UK) you should really be training 6-8 hours per week. It's not a sport you can just pick up and do (as a sport). To do as leisure, or just race your mates in the club is fine.
But, if I were to start cycling, from scratch, this is what I'd do:
Buy a cheap road bike, second hand (I started on a £60 1990's road bike with downtube changers) probably.
Start riding by yourself, aiming to get up to being able to happily (ie enjoy) riding for 1.5 hours.
Start riding with the local club, or a group. Normally clubs let you tag along free of charge, and are welcoming (to an extent). Remember all humans are the same, and are all shy. Just because you are new doesn't mean you should put in more effort to chat to them, nor vice versa. If in doubt, and you don't know something, or have turned up to a meeting point and met with silence, say something. Introduce yourself.
Increase the amount of riding you do in a week (so it's not just at the weekend).
When you find you aren't getting dropped on the climbs on your club rides, and you may have gone out on a few chain gang sessions (hard training sessions usually on an evening for an hour or two) and aren't getting dropped (you don't need to be doing work, just sitting in). I'd say that you were more than ready to start racing.
Turn up to a weekend circuit race that is termed a "Go Race", or buy a day license (£10-£15) (once you have BC membership (£32-£70ish)) and you can race a Category 4 race and begin to experience cycling around a safe off-the-road circuit.
Year 2
Buy a better bike.
Train more.
Train wiser.
Race at a higher level. (Reg A)
Year 3
Train clever.
Race at a higher level. (Nat B)
Year 4
Train superbly.
Race at the highest UK level (Nat A/Premier Calenders).
Any help?
Yes =D. Thankyou. I will take your advise on board (looks to be the only advise i have =P) so ye. It gives me something to work around. Thanks. P.s. Sorry for the late reply, been busy for the past few days =(
Edited by Dan-J-92 on 23-05-2011 23:02
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 03-06-2011 18:56
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I know I don't really belong as a racer in a "your racing" part on a cycling subforum, but it works the same for road running, so I'll ask my question anyway.
So, what do you guys eat for breakfast when you've got a race starting very early ?
Usually I try to respect a full three hours break between the time when I finish my last meal before the race, and the actual race start. But sometimes it just implies getting up way too early. In such cases, I used to eat special cakes that were digested very quickly (less than two hours). I've struggled to la my hand on such ones lately, though. I checked a couple of pharmacies, supermarkets and sports shops, none of them seem to have those cakes any more. Damn it. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 03-06-2011 19:11
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Depends on the length of the race. If you're only running for 30 minutes, sure you'd probably be a bit flat compared to being fully fueled, but your muscle and liver glycogen stores will be fine for 60-80 minutes without any external input from race day.
Personally, if I was a runner, I'd make sure I had a massive input of carbs the evening meal beforehand, and have a small wake up breakfast on the day of the race. You won't have lost much of the energy from your evenings meal, and you won't need that much to start your body functioning. Couple of pieces of toast and cereal? Or porridge is my personal choice, with a coffee.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 03-06-2011 19:29
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Being a runner myself, I find the eating thing varies from runner to runner, but also varies for each runner over time too. At the moment, the closest to a race I'll eat will be 3 hours (used to be able to do 90 minutes). If I can't eat in the morning, I'll take on some energy gels if I have them (these ones). I also make sure I eat a ton of carbs (pasta usually) the day before, which gives enough energy to get round for at least 60-75 minutes of running, even without anything in the morning.
So basically, try energy gels 
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 03-06-2011 19:32
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A question going out to Dutch riders:
Why are there always so many Dutch riders participating in German races?
It´s not that i don´t like them but i just wonder why they take much longer rides to the races without any special bonus sprints.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 03-06-2011 20:32
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I've found that an ideal breakfast consists of rice, scrambled eggs and soy sauce. Rice is good clean energy, soy sauce has lots of sodium and eggs are solid for protien. Its a pretty simple dish for the body to digest.
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| Il Grillo |
Posted on 04-06-2011 09:56
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Aquarius wrote:
I know I don't really belong as a racer in a "your racing" part on a cycling subforum, but it works the same for road running, so I'll ask my question anyway.
So, what do you guys eat for breakfast when you've got a race starting very early ?
Usually I try to respect a full three hours break between the time when I finish my last meal before the race, and the actual race start. But sometimes it just implies getting up way too early. In such cases, I used to eat special cakes that were digested very quickly (less than two hours). I've struggled to la my hand on such ones lately, though. I checked a couple of pharmacies, supermarkets and sports shops, none of them seem to have those cakes any more. Damn it.
As a former runner, i always preferred staying up early for my runs. I know little runs, apart from Ultra-Marathons, that start before 8 in the morning. So i always preferred to have my usually cereal breakfast 3 hours before the race. The way to my races and the race preperation usually took quite long, so i didnt really need to stay up much earlier just for breakfast Not to much. If i would have had less time i'd probably go with something like toast with honey which is usually recommended in running literature as well.
As said before the basic nutrition for your race is done the day before. |
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 04-06-2011 10:57
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felix_29 wrote:
A question going out to Dutch riders:
Why are there always so many Dutch riders participating in German races?
It´s not that i don´t like them but i just wonder why they take much longer rides to the races without any special bonus sprints.
it is always more fun to ride in another country. There is less pressure and a change of crowd. I personally (although i'm belgian) often switch terrain en location.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 04-06-2011 11:07
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Thanks for advices about food.
I'll do the carbs load tonight (I'll be eating in a restaurant, so it'd better be an Italian !), then eat lightly tomorrow. The race will last 1h15, more or less (depends on my knees allowing me to reach the finish, and on my recuperation since Thursday, which should be ok).
I've never tried the soy sauce thing, but I'll give it a go, not for tomorrow, but in a soon future I'll surely do. It's not the first time I've read about it.
Thing I've experienced, to my expanse, is to have bread during your last meal before the race. Never again, it just burns the whole stomach and throat whenever the hearbeat raises. |
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-06-2011 15:36
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Carbo loading the night before a race is actually not as good as people say. If you are going to have a large carbo meal, you should eat it two nights before. This will give the body the chance to process all the carbs and get them into your system. Eat a normal diet the night before a race.
*Different if racing something like a multi-day stage race, then just eat carbs every night..... |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 04-06-2011 16:49
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Carbohydrate loading refers to the specific reduction in eating carbohydrates for a week or more pre-event, and then eating large quantities 2-3 days pre-event in an attempt to make the body over compensate and store more glycogen. Eating a meal with an extra large portion of carbohydrates is just part of a normal weekly diet plan, not carbo loading, the day before an event.
I suspect, as those of us who run/cycle competitively, that most of us follow a fairly heavy carbohydrate diet anyway.
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 04-06-2011 19:41
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rjc_43 wrote:
Carbohydrate loading refers to the specific reduction in eating carbohydrates for a week or more pre-event, and then eating large quantities 2-3 days pre-event in an attempt to make the body over compensate and store more glycogen. Eating a meal with an extra large portion of carbohydrates is just part of a normal weekly diet plan, not carbo loading, the day before an event.
I suspect, as those of us who run/cycle competitively, that most of us follow a fairly heavy carbohydrate diet anyway.
True. 4-6 days out you reduce carbs to little as possible, heavy protein, and then 2-3 days before, about 10g/kg of carbs should be taken in |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 04-06-2011 21:18
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During the week time, or no racing weeks, I try to avoid all sorts of carbohydrates. No pasta, no rice, etc. Then the day before, or one and a half day before, I eat as much pasta as I possibly can (ok, not that much, but close to).
I read that the assimilation time is rather around 36 hours than 24 hours, so better have them at lunch than at dinner if you race in the afternoon the next day.
Unfortunately, sometimes you get external constraints that prevent you to do otherwise. |
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| DaBobScotts |
Posted on 05-06-2011 04:35
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On racing fees and costs in Australia, I am running A Grade Open. License cost about $65-80 AUD and is the same for all categories. Races are $20 with state championships being $35 (per race). Nationals are about $40-50. It is about the same cost for track and road, although track is dying here. The only races here that I can think of that cost that much is the major-ish multi-day races (i.e. the Herald Sun Tour in Victoria).
Prize money is also "lost" here, but that normally goes to the club that is running the event. 30-40 people per grade, with higher grades paying more (obviously). A grade pays about $120 - 160 for first, and about $80 for second. Money drops off rapidly from there. Prime sprints only pay $20 and only for first.
Yeah, it's an expensive sport
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| Halvor |
Posted on 15-10-2011 17:13
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This thread has been dead for a while.. So.. Are there any competing cyclists here now?  |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 15-10-2011 17:15
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Halvor wrote:
This thread has been dead for a while.. So.. Are there any competing cyclists here now?
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| hemsedal |
Posted on 15-10-2011 17:29
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I've just bought myself a bike so that I can compete in races next year, it's a Marin Stelvio and I wonder if anyone have any experience with this bike. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 02-04-2012 17:43
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Got my British Cycling membership today. All being well, should have my first Youth race a week on Saturday near York. Anyone got any advice for me? |
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