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I think I'm with Ed on

"I guess my feeling is:  Do the statistics, but be very careful 
and cautious in the interpretation. "

concerning the statistics for wt divisions at the NC and even for 
a full year.

I decided to do a full year after looking at the count for the NC 
and feeling that the numbers were too small.

After looking at the numbers for a whole season - there was a 
difference for Jrs and HW compared to the other divisions.

While Truman is right in that there are significant differences 
between those divisions and the FW, LW, and MW - I'm not sure it 
really means much to us as riders.

I would not lose weight to ride as a MW and expect to see such a 
small difference.  My column on pulls and how we think about them  at

http://www.aerc.org/ENSept07Pres.asp

states that roughly one ride out of six will result in a pull in a 
50 mile ride.  Whether you are at 83% or 86 % - you are going to 
have to do a lot of rides to notice the difference.

So while there is a difference - it's not one that I'm going to 
worry about.

Mike

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