Tina - I'm in Wausau in the center of the state. I know we have some TE'ers down by you. SJCzar is pretty close and she's quite the athlete.
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Tina - I'm in Wausau in the center of the state. I know we have some TE'ers down by you. SJCzar is pretty close and she's quite the athlete.
TE's...Ok I'm a newb whats that? :confused:..lol
Yes, Wausau thats the Rib Mountain area correct.
A Guy and son On my Team Race the WORS series, do you do that?
It's Team Estorgen. I'm also a newbie. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MRS HORSEPOWER
Thanks for showing your photos. I couldn't do that. Look very exciting.
I wish you can recover soon.
As for putting the drop bars in your Trek 7.5 FX , of course you can do that. It will be more like a touring bike, though. Check this Giant CRX 1, which has a a compact-geometry frame
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/_gener...Crx1-White.jpg
That's right. Sorry, I'm more of a WEMS person when I mountain bike (endurance). Madisongirl on here races WORS. If you come up for a race make sure to email me so I can come meet you and cheer you/your friends on!Quote:
Originally Posted by MRS HORSEPOWER
OK, Cool..I stared at The Letters TE for awhile too....lol ..I should have figured it out..duh!
Wildeny: Thanks for answering my Bar?.
MTBDARBY: whats the difference between endurance and WORS type racing, I assume its longer races?
I know My BMX team mates do MTB, Road, Cyclocross, and track. He was hit by a semi while riding on the road and was suppose to have his leg amputated but fought to keep and now hes just a awesome person I look up too, his attitude is amazing heres a link to his blog: http://teamvelo.blogspot.com/
Tina - yes, WEMS are longer mountain bike races usually 3, 6 or 12 hour events (and some can be done as teams). It's a loop that varies in distance and difficulty that you ride for the time alloted. While it operates on a point system for the series, there aren't classes or levels based on ability. Here is their website: http://www.wemseries.com/.
WORS are mountain bike sprints and done individually. They also run on a point system but riders are in a class based on ability, much like road races I believe. The event is a shorter loop than WEMS and only 1 or two laps are done (I think - I know they added some distance to some events in the past years). Here's the website: http://www.wors.org/news/.
I have been to both events but only ridden in WEMS races so I may be biased. In my opinion (please don't shoot me if you disagree!) WORS events are much more competitive and aggressive with a lot of testosterone flying around. WEMS are more laid back, family oriented (kind of festival like atmosphere). Both have great athletes and the competition is tough, just very different atmospheres.
The two courses up here are completely different as well. Nine Mile in Rib Mountain (Big Ring Classis WORS, and 24 hr of Nine Mile WEMS) is fast with lots of single track compared to the Underdown in Merrill (Thunderdown in the Underdown WEMS) which was once motorcross trails. They have been working hard out there adding trails so they're softer and much more difficult with steeper hills and swampy moist soil. Again, in my opinion, the Underdown is much more challanging and hard core mtbers tend to prefer it while racers at heart would probably prefer Nine Mile.
Hope that helps.
Cool, Thanks for the breakdown!
Shoot you heck no!!
I appreciate all this info, I will take as much as I can get, I know nothing about how races breakdown for MTB and Road so Im soaking it all in.
Thanks