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Re: [RC] Mea Cupla, was: Weight Divisions - Joe LongOn Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:31:05 -0700, Diane Trefethen <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: As I read Joe's post, a thought occurred to me. If the ONLY problem with the old system was that "only those who could afford to travel a lot and ride over 1,000 miles a year had any real shot at a Championship", what about using the average number of points gleaned at rides, not the total number of points? There would need to be a minimum number of rides per year, or miles, say 400 miles (that's only eight 50's). That would reduce the emphasis on hitting gazillions of rides and focus it more on great execution at each ride. Pulls would count as rides with zero points earned. This might require some tweaking for RO pulls along the lines of awarding points for mileage completed to RO's but it would probably make sense to start with all pulls = zero points. Any thoughts on why this would or would not be an improvement over total season points or why it can/couldn't work? Believe me, a LOT of thought went into such ideas at the time. But there are problems. For one example, under a system like you suggest a rider going for a Championship would seek out the rides with the least competition, and avoid tough rides and rides with a lot of competition -- the opposite of what we'd like to see in a Champion team. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chiprider.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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