I'm giving a talk to the cat 4's next monday on our local race calendar and as we have some *very* green new people this year I though I ought to include a section on vocabulary, since it won't do much good to talk about the calendar if they don't know what a crit is..... (note green, not weak.... we have a very strong new woman who has only owned a bike for a few months!)

So I'd like to put it out to all the current racers, newbie racers, just thinking about racing racers or folks who just want to watch a race and know what the commentators are talking about- what do you hear spoken about that you aren't sure what it means? If you do race, what do wish you'd known before you started. (just vocab and slang for now - race preparation is next month's talk )

I have a short list started,but I don't want to prejudice anyone so I won't post it right away. I will however make it worth your while by posting definitions for anyone who gives me suggestions.

Thanks!