2012 races
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ArmyOfNone
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Tour of Somerville is Pro/1/2.
The road racing in NJ is fairly limited. If you were looking to do a big event this year, The Tour of The Battenkill would have been a good one. Mark your calendar for that one next year.
There are many road races in the Lancaster, PA area that are on good roads which is a nice change from the crits around here. Id check some of those out. Mt. Joy and Mt. Nebo are the first that come to mind.
the only ones I know are with Skylands Cycling up in Sussex Co, which is through
http://www.njbikeracing.com/
and
http://www.usacycling.org/
http://www.njbikeracing.com/
and
http://www.usacycling.org/
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ChrisG
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Look here: http://www.njbikeracing.com/calendar/calendar.pl?month=3
And, as Norm implies, do some structured group rides before showing up for a Cat 5 race.
And, as Norm implies, do some structured group rides before showing up for a Cat 5 race.
Chris(NJ)
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Never did a road race. I mean, unless you consider the road portion of the tri's a road race. But thats why I want to put it on the calendar this year. Have done plenty of rides w/ cranford in the past...not recently though.
Chris(NJ)
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Nice..good link.. Thanks! I'll be sure to jump in on group rides though. Already have one of the cranford guys emailing me their schedule.
Also, look at Hills of Hunterdon. Not crit-y. Nice long straightaways with the occasional corner. And some hills.
I'd do some of the local group throwdowns and even some local crits before you go travel a few hours into PA to do anything. If you're not really ready for it your race may last 10 minutes then you get spit out. I've seen plenty of guys in great shape last mere minutes in some of these races. Just want to make sure you don't go dropping time & money on a trip that may turn sour fast.
Chris(NJ)
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Cool, thanks man... I appreciate it! I'll definitely make sure to get together w/ some people prior to committing to anything.
Hi Chris. I would recommend starting out with the Tuesday night Sussex races at the Sussex County Fairgrounds. Mellow course and fairly laid back. They start March 20th. There are also early season races at Branchbrook Park in Newark starting the first week of March on Saturdays.
Sean, I believe that the Hills of Hunterdon is going to be a junior only race this year.
Sean, I believe that the Hills of Hunterdon is going to be a junior only race this year.
AAAaaargh! But it was close by! Thanks for the heads up Larry. Chris, don't do this one this year.
If you want some local throw downs check out Tuesday nights at Rahway River Park off of St. George ave. Its basically a pick up crit with locals.
Once its light enough they go at 6pm and do about 20 laps. Ideally you want to make the first ones and here is why. Everyone is rusty so you won't be the only one who gets dropped off the back. Other guys will be more tolerant of a nube joining in and may even give pointers.
The Cranford guys owned this at one time...do you remember Andy Muldoon & Manny Lopez?
Once its light enough they go at 6pm and do about 20 laps. Ideally you want to make the first ones and here is why. Everyone is rusty so you won't be the only one who gets dropped off the back. Other guys will be more tolerant of a nube joining in and may even give pointers.
The Cranford guys owned this at one time...do you remember Andy Muldoon & Manny Lopez?
Chris(NJ)
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Great...Thanks! 🙂
hah..noted 😎
Yep! Remember them very well! I used to do the RRP rides every week. I forget who owned it before me, but I bought one of the guy's green Klein Quantum (iirc) w/ full Record for 1500 bux just so I could do the RRP rides. Sold it at the end of the season for the same price...b/c it was a bit too small for me. That was a great bike though.
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They actually packed the calendar already this year. They're way ahead of the curve.