US Cyclocross Nationals

[Veronica]

December 17 is my 40th birthday. One of you needs to win as my birthday present.

Actually, just have fun, That's enough.

V.

[SheFly]

Great goal! And V, we'll do our best to give you a great Bday gift .

Velogirl - I am just outside of Boston, so Natz is in my home territory....

SheFly

[Mimosa]

*Wow*, I looked at that bikereg website and am totally suprised that you must pay a fee to participate .. and not a small fee either.

Almost all races(*) here in the netherlands are free, provided you are

• member of a club, prices vary from 50 - 75 usd per year
• wear club/team clothing, 50 - 100 usd per year
• have a Cycling union/UCI license,75 usd for Womens B category and 200 usd for elite women

All expenses are payed for by sponsors.

(*) The only exception to this are classics (a fee for the participation of a team, often covered by the team budget), competitions (an one time fee for participation which covers all races in that comeptition, often covered by the team budget) or club rides but that is mostly no more then a two dollar fee (which is often used as the price money)

[velogirl]

Actually, some of our local women race in Belgium prior to worlds and they got paid by the promoters to race -- just to show up, not to win or anything. How cool is that?

Yes, racing is expensive in the US. The fee for nationals is actually just about the same as the fee for our local races. Cross and mtn bike racing tend to be less expensive than road racing.