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RE: [RC] WEIGHT DIVISIONS - bobmorrisIt confounds me when we have a simple weight rule "Consisting of riders whose combined body weight and tack is...." So very simple that you just weigh the body and tack. What could be more clear than that? Body and tack. Now, in my mind water is not tack. Clothes are not tack. Easy Boots are tack. A leatherman tool is not tack. Ad infinitum! Please, weigh just as the AERC rules state, body and tack. Bob Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rides2far@xxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:03 PM To: DVeritas@xxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] WEIGHT DIVISIONS Well, Angie....I certainly think "weight matters".If "winning matters", now, that might really be the real question. If winning matters to folks, there are things that they will have to do, > whether it is the race or the BC award.~Frank Call me slow...but I read this several times and I'm not sure what you're getting at. Is winning a bad thing? Are you saying people will have to compromise principals in some way in the weight catagory to *win*? Having had a FW my junior win a BC when the winner of the ride was a HW it hasn't been my experience that she had to add weight to compete for BC. As a person who has spent most of my riding career at the lower end of LW I haven't managed to convert any weight advantage in my division into any great success myself. I haven't really seen any evidence of outright abuse in any of this discussion, just of confusion over what is considered acceptable. For the most part we are a remarkably well behaved self policing bunch. My hat's off to all of you heavier people who have consistently "put it on me". Seems like every time I ever got "1st LW" there was either a HW or MW ahead of me to make me feel silly for getting an award. Angie ____________________________________________________________ ____ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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