Hi,
I am trying to organise some summer road racing in Melbourne. I have been told not to do it because it might clash with some track race that attracts 5 riders. Can anyone explain why we do not have road racing in summer? Should we abandon the idea because track racing is in summer? I tried track racing last summer and liked it but the fact remains that there is probably only a couple of hundred trackies in Victoria. Criterium racing attracts hundreds of riders per day at some events. Would people prefer to race the same crit every week for 30 weeks? Would they race track if they had the chance? Would they like to see summer road racing?
At the moment our road calendar goes from May to October. In May we have 120+ riders and we loose 10 per week. By October we have 20 riders max.
All ideas welcome.
PS I have sponsorship arranged for a 2 day tour in summer in country Victoria, but the clubs in the area do not want it to go ahead because of a potenial clash with a track race!!
I am trying to organise some summer road racing in Melbourne. I have been told not to do it because it might clash with some track race that attracts 5 riders. Can anyone explain why we do not have road racing in summer? Should we abandon the idea because track racing is in summer? I tried track racing last summer and liked it but the fact remains that there is probably only a couple of hundred trackies in Victoria. Criterium racing attracts hundreds of riders per day at some events. Would people prefer to race the same crit every week for 30 weeks? Would they race track if they had the chance? Would they like to see summer road racing?
At the moment our road calendar goes from May to October. In May we have 120+ riders and we loose 10 per week. By October we have 20 riders max.
All ideas welcome.
PS I have sponsorship arranged for a 2 day tour in summer in country Victoria, but the clubs in the area do not want it to go ahead because of a potenial clash with a track race!!