congrats to kocc

[simply red]

 congratulations  guys at kocc for running the criterium on saturday arvo.A pleasent change from the bumpy course were use to and it was nice to see  the riders  support the  club and turn up.All grades were run separately and were hotly contested ,fun for  everyone.Look  forward to another crit  next month .. RED

[Metro Commuter]

Agreed - good event and much much better than yet another race at KI.  Constructive suggested changes:

• Have the sign on table outside the course - having it inside the course introduced an unnecessary risk with riders and spectators crossing the course while races were being held.
•  Have the finish a little further to the west, so riders who have crossed the line can slow down after the sprint and easily turn left and then complete a warm down lap - it was (as a rider) kind of dumb and dangerous to have riders who had just sprinted rolling down through traffic cones and people
• Make spectators and riders stand on the outside of the course - they get just as good a view from the outside, and it would have removed the tension with a tenant who was, rightly, concerned with riders parking their bikes in his garden.  It would also have stopped a usually well respected cycling elder - cycling royalty I am told - from yelling at riders who had no idea why he was yelling at them.

MC

[Metro Commuter]

I have now been informed of the identity of the person that was yellign at people, and have now amended my post accordingly