Today's Bike Ride

[(notsomuchofa)Fellrunner]

Can someone explain cat A, B etc to me?

BTW, sweet wheels Ady.

[Hanneke]

Can someone explain cat A, B etc to me?

BTW, sweet wheels Ady.

Ady's wheel are the dawgs b*ll*cks, I have had those for over a year now... brilliant stuff!

Fellrunner, what do you mean Cat A, B etc... In vets racing or in BC sanctioned racing???

[dominion]

Can someone explain cat A, B etc to me?

BTW, sweet wheels Ady.

It's for people who are too lazy to name their feline pets.... Ask Han, she has a cat now...

[Hanneke]

It's for people who are too lazy to name their feline pets.... Ask Han, she has a cat now...

I DON'T have a cat!!!

The cat seems to have me though... and soon there will be so many, I will have to call them A, B, C etc etc...

But it ain't giving birth on my bed... even though I can tell that is what it is really after, with all that smooching!!!

[daz h]

Fellrunner

Your question is quite straightforward

Cat 4 = New riders
Cat 3 = You need to gain 10 or more points whilst holding a Cat4 to get a Cat3

Cat 2= Lot harder, you need to gain 40 points whilst holding a Cat 3 to get a Cat 2

Cat 1 = err unreal pace = You need to gain I think 200 points whilst holding a Cat 2 licence

Elite= Dont worry you would already have found out your that good


Also you have to retain a certain amount of points each season after gaining each licence.

[daz h]

Also Fellrunner
I should of mentioned speeds

Cat 4 say 19mph
Cat 3 bit more
Cat 2 23mph
Cat 1 25mph
Elite = Milan San Remo 2009= Mark Cav= 6hrs 42 sommert, thats 44kilo an hour= just over 27mph
There has been thousands of Cat 1 riders over the years that just cannot make the jump.
Its the distance

What we could do is all do a 40mile ride say undulating and give our times roughly , add them all together and see what our forum peloton would be.
You could all PM me them if you dont want the times to be known
Mine would be 20mph on a not to steep a course with say not much wind.

Id be very surprised if we was more than a Cat 3 peloton.

If you have a garmin try and cycle at 25mph and see how far you get. God its serious after a few miles and it certainly doesnt become fun anymore does it.

[Rodders rambler]

You can get relegated from all cats except cat.3. Once you have been promoted out of 4 you stay out.
I'm doing my first road race a week on sunday. Nice 34mile race on a closed circuit course in Solihull for cat.4 only. Looking forward to it.

[Hanneke]

Also Fellrunner
I should of mentioned speeds

Cat 4 say 19mph
Cat 3 bit more
Cat 2 23mph
Cat 1 25mph
Elite = Milan San Remo 2009= Mark Cav= 6hrs 42 sommert, thats 44kilo an hour= just over 27mph
There has been thousands of Cat 1 riders over the years that just cannot make the jump.
Its the distance

What we could do is all do a 40mile ride say undulating and give our times roughly , add them all together and see what our forum peloton would be.
You could all PM me them if you dont want the times to be known
Mine would be 20mph on a not to steep a course with say not much wind.

Id be very surprised if we was more than a Cat 3 peloton.

If you have a garmin try and cycle at 25mph and see how far you get. God its serious after a few miles and it certainly doesnt become fun anymore does it.

I have to ad to this that, once you have gained Cat 3 status, you can't be demoted back to cat 4, but in other cats you can be set back if you don't gain enough points...

My average training pace on undulating terrain tends to be around 20 mph... a little faster when on the flat, up to 25 mph, and a little slower when I need to do a lot of climbing, 17 mph... Spot the strength here: on the flat I am happy to ride between 22 and 25 mph... as soon as it rises, I am out of the back

[Rodders rambler]

Also Fellrunner
I should of mentioned speeds

Cat 4 say 19mph
Cat 3 bit more
Cat 2 23mph
Cat 1 25mph
Elite = Milan San Remo 2009= Mark Cav= 6hrs 42 sommert, thats 44kilo an hour= just over 27mph
There has been thousands of Cat 1 riders over the years that just cannot make the jump.
Its the distance

What we could do is all do a 40mile ride say undulating and give our times roughly , add them all together and see what our forum peloton would be.
You could all PM me them if you dont want the times to be known
Mine would be 20mph on a not to steep a course with say not much wind.

Id be very surprised if we was more than a Cat 3 peloton.

If you have a garmin try and cycle at 25mph and see how far you get. God its serious after a few miles and it certainly doesnt become fun anymore does it.

25mph is not great guns in a huge pack on the flat Daz. You'd be suprised how much you can get away with by sitting in a pack.... ask Cavendish, he does it very well.

[Hanneke]

25mph is not great guns in a huge pack on the flat Daz. You'd be suprised how much you can get away with by sitting in a pack.... ask Cavendish, he does it very well.

My weak little leggies have been known to be drafted along in the bunch on the flat at well over 50 km/hr racing...

Aiming for 25 mph avg in a 25m TT though which isn't so easy...