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http://cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/Default.aspx?&ge390__geka=8sW2Q7VKZmF8CUWP7ygm7riwpLFKNCEAIlX03Hp4_FhPDrktfqfkoQzxx15QQk__LJO6vHkx-_V4xg5asR2FWg&ge390__gevi=bkosVTEcmXX5ekdECVvBmA&gv391__gvac=2&gv391__gvff0=2859&gv391__gvfl0=0&language=en-GB&tabid=62
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and 240 accepted for the 'cheat course'  |
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will10
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You're right, TTing is dead. Only 300 riders on the startsheet for Levens on Saturday, another full field of 120 + reserves at Long Bennington, and another 120 + reserves at the Stone 25, the last two are only 60 miles apart so tend to attract the same riders.
Not hard to see what people want, when a round of the National TT Series gets ~60 entries on the same afternoon?
If it's windy or rainy you will get a good handfull DNSing, but how is that any different to the similar numbers that don't turn up at RRs when it's a rough day? When I was RRing a couple of years ago they were the days I looked forward to, as it was much easier to get a result when a quarter of the field or more stays in bed! |
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Billy Boy
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| Just leave it be, if it does it dies, if it doesn't it doesn't, where's the problem? |
Don't quite understand that. Surely if you're into TTs you might want to try and do something to reverse the trend? If it dies then, so be it. |
It means I don't give a toss either way.
Just a I don't care whether the sport of tiddlywinks thrives or dies.
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vegetable
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But you care enough to post that you don't care?
This thread was only ever about trying to get a rise out of testers. They crop up now and again and this one like the others is pointless. |
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Billy Boy
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But you care enough to post that you don't care?
This thread was only ever about trying to get a rise out of testers. They crop up now and again and this one like the others is pointless. |
Yes I care enough to post that I don't care, just as I care enough to post this post responding to your post asking me whether I care enough to post that I don't care.
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DenHaag
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PNuT
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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This thread was only ever about trying to get a rise out of testers |
failed?
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Will Scarlet
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You're right, TTing is dead. Only 300 riders on the startsheet for Levens on Saturday, another full field of 120 + reserves at Long Bennington, and another 120 + reserves at the Stone 25, the last two are only 60 miles apart so tend to attract the same riders.
Not hard to see what people want, when a round of the National TT Series gets ~60 entries on the same afternoon?
If it's windy or rainy you will get a good handfull DNSing, but how is that any different to the similar numbers that don't turn up at RRs when it's a rough day? When I was RRing a couple of years ago they were the days I looked forward to, as it was much easier to get a result when a quarter of the field or more stays in bed! |
If it's raining, Long Bennington will be cancelled altogether. Dangerous in the rain, due to spray. |
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will10
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