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Shawn "bega" Blumenfeld a quest to win a championship...
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Over the years, I've dedicated a good deal of my life to helping other people race bikes. Whether from my early years of racing with the likes of Team Aggress, my own messenger racing Team Bega, and more recently the Hub Racing Women's Pro Team, I've received most of my glory from other people's victories. Don't get me wrong, I've played my part and I've recieved proper admiration for my job as a manager, a soigner, a domestique. But it's not the same as winning a race on the bike. And I've won a couple. But I want my own Championship. At the Cycle Messenger World Championships, I've qualified on the front line, placed top 20 twice, been in 6 finals. So now I really want to try to win my own championship in Guatemala at the 2010 CMWC... (im already thinking about 2011 also: the usa national championship timetrial in the mixed tandem masters classes)usa-cycling-radio-banFebruary 3 2010theres no better time to retire from being a team director. usacycling has followed the uci in banning racer radios, meaning team directors can no longer yell at their racers through a little ear piece during a race. well, that just takes all the fun out of it for a td, and its just one more reason why im happy ive turned hub racing over to the women. i mean, who wants to direct a team if you cant scream and shout at them during the race? in the old days, my director used to hold up signs for us to tell us what to do. i guess that works in criteriums, but usacycling has taken a backwords step here technology wise. the theory is, put the race in the hands of the racers. level the playing field, so that big teams with coaches and stop watches cant dictate the race from the sidelines. but the truth is this will backfire. big teams can dictate a dedicated plan, but lessor teams need to react. now that reaction must come without the information. oh well, im not a director anymore, and they still allow radios in messenger racing. hopcroft and i are gonna clean up at cmwc in guatemala... |