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2010 Race Schedule is Now Available
January 14, 2010
The comprehensive list of road, mountain bike, 'cross and yes track races is now available. Click Here to download the .pdf file.
New KCA Board of Directors
November 6, 2009
Sherri Hahn, President
David Romisch, Secretary
Jeff Lively, Treasurer
Bill Anderson, Director
Steve Songer, Director
Additionally David Romisch will take over as the USCF License Upgrade Coordinator. All upgrade requests should be sent to dromisch@gmail.com.
A Note About Cyclocross Racing Age
Cyclocross season is upon us, and I've had a few emails and phone calls from folks who are a little confused about how the racing age works for cyclocross. Here's the rule:
1A26. A rider's racing age shall be his or her age on December 31 of the current year except in cyclocross. A rider’s racing age in cyclocross is his age on December 31st of the year that the cyclocross season ends. [...]
So, this is actually worded slightly differently than in previous rulebooks, and hopefully much more understandable. Since cyclocross season does not end until February, your racing age in this year's cyclocross races is actually going to be your racing age in 2010. For example, I am 34, and my racing age (if I raced) would be 34 in everything but cyclocross. For tomorrow's race, I'd be racing age 35. Nifty, huh?
In our database, though, we put your "real" racing age, so don't be too surprised if you see folks with racing age "39" in the Masters 40+ race -- it keeps our data a lot cleaner to keep it this way.
See you at the next race!
Margretta de Vries
Regional "A" USA Cycling Official
CYCLOCROSS UPGRADE NOTES
July 25, 2009
If you've raced a whole season as a CX 4...you should probably request an upgrade to a CX Cat 3. You've earned it!. Read more about the upgrade process and why you should do it in this letter from Jef Bishop, your friendly Upgrade Coordinator.
UPCOMING OFFICIALS CLINIC
June 10, 2009
If you've ever thought about becoming a bicycle race official now's the time. The
Kansas Cycling Association is hosting a one day traing clinic June 13th (this weekend)
& July 26th in Lenexa, KS (southwest KC).
Attending either 4.5 hour clinic and passing an open book test will allow you to
become a level "C" official. An annual officials license is just $35 and there
is no fee for the clinic.
If you ride motorcycles when you're off the bike the KCA is also hosting a moto-ref
(motorcycle riding official) clinic July 25th in Lenexa.
Contact Margretta DeVries at margrettadevries@sbcglobal.net
[mailto:margrettadevries@sbcglobal.net]
or 785-424-3752 to reserve a spot at any of these clinics.
Officials get paid a per day fee and mileage to travel to races. A good quality
official is always in demand.
Happy riding,
Roger Lomshek
Kansas Cycling Association president
A Word from Your Friendly Neighborhood Upgrade Coordinator
March 9, 2009
A Word from Your Friendly Neighborhood Upgrade Coordinator
As the new USAC Local Upgrade Coordinator, I wanted the KCA constituency to be aware of the process. First off, thanks for racing! It is only by growing the sport that we all become better racers. More racers mean bigger fields, more experience, and more upgrade points! That’s a good thing.
Many racers want to upgrade as quickly as possible, and in certain cases, that’s a good thing. While not a steadfast rule, most upgrades on the local level should be taken slowly. Enjoy the experience, learn to race in a pack, and accrue the points as you are able. It’s very simple for a Road Category 5 to Category 4 upgrade (men) or Road Category 4 to 3 (women): experience in 10 mass start races. That’s it.
But, after that it gets a little tricky. For further category upgrades, a racer must earn a certain number of finishing points within a twelve month period. Only by accruing these points are you able to upgrade. For a detailed description of the points, how many are earned and when, please see pages 19-25 of the 2009 USAC Cycling Rule Book:
http://www.usacycling.org/forms/USAC_rulebook.pdf
The other issue that many local areas, including ours, have is that there are several racers that stay at a lower category for far too long. As Upgrade Coordinator, I’m working hard to find people who have been a Category 4 for more than one year to find out the reason. I understand if you have not earned the requisite points, but for those of you who have and have not yet upgraded, please do so ASAP! This is especially true for the ladies out there in the Category 4 ranks – if you have 10 mass starts, you’re now a 3 so go ahead and request that upgrade via your “My USA Cycling” page on the usacycling.org web site! In order to grow the sport at all levels, we need to make sure that all racers are racing at the appropriate category level. Nobody loves a sandbagger, so please make your requests so I don’t have to hunt you down via USAC results!
KCA continues to grow and evolve as an institution. We welcome your input and questions. If you have any questions about the upgrade process, or just wonder how it all works, don’t hesitate to contact me at: Jeffrey@renaissancecoachingllc.com.
2009 Race Schedule Released
Janauary 1, 2009
The new race schedule is here !
KCA Meeting After Tour of KC
August 8, 2008
The KCA board of directors will conduct a meeting Sunday at 3 PM after the Tour of KC concludes. In keeping with bylaw requirements to have at least two meetings open to the public each year any voting members of the KCA (club presidents, promoters or their proxies) can attend, offer their opinions and observe while the board of directors discusses and decides the usual life or death issues we are faced with.
Non-BOD members may not vote at this meeting but input from all members is always welcome. The meeting will begin with a dinner (self pay) at Tienda Casa Paloma mexican restaurant at 3 PM with the meeting to follow immediately after. I have reserved a large table under my name "Roger" for our group. Hopefully the meeting will be over by 6 PM. Tienda Casa Paloma is near the corner of 82nd & Metcalf in Shawnee, KS. | Map |
Subjects to be discussed and decided include but are not limited to... 1) Finalize 2009 state championship bid process 2) Set date and rules for a Promoters date setting meeting 3) Determine date and location of KCA annual meeting 4) Discuss and revise current rules on use of KCA equipment at races 5) Set up 2009 Omnium framework 6) USAC local association annual meeting in CO.
Hope this finds you fit, fast and lean,
Roger Lomshek Kansas Cycling Association president
Kansas Cycling Association Women’s Development Fund Essay Contest
July 24, 2008
The Kansas Cycling Association is sponsoring an essay contest for Kansas and Kansas City area women, ages 12 through 26, who are, or would like to be, competitive cyclists. The KCA Women’s Development Fund will award a total of $1,000 to the winners of the essay contest. | Application |
KCA Partners with NIKE to Support Women’s Competitive Cycling
Julu 24, 2008
The Kansas Cycling Association has received a $5,000 grant from NIKE to support women’s cycling. The KCA will use the grant to reduce race entry fees and provide other financial support to area women competitive cyclists, particularly those in the 13-25 age range. | More |
KCA Race Schedule Updates
July 21, 2008
The September cyclo-cross races in Wichtia have been cancelled . | More |
2008 Kansas Omnium Winners
June 23, 2008
The KCA is pleased to announce the 2008 Kansas Category Omnium Winners! Congratulations to the winners for excelling in the State Category Road Race, Criterium, and Time Trial Championships. Several of the categories had close races going into the Time Trial Championship. The Cat 1 / 2 Men race ended in a tie, broken by the road race placing.
Thank you to all the Omnium participants who made the extra effort to compete in all three of the Kansas Category State Championships.
The omnium winners represented many teams and cities across Kansas. Kansas residents, plan now to compete for the 2009 Category Omnium, which in 2009 will include a Team Omnium competition.
1st Ryan Heydenrych, Marx & Bensdorf/TriStar, Pittsburg
2nd Andy Malcom, Tulsa Wheelmen, Derby
1st Trey Harrison, Chamois Butt’r, El Dorado
2nd Robert Cummings, Oz Bicycle Club, Rose Hill
3rd Dean Parker, 360 Racing, Lenexa
1st Craig Henwood, SKC Racing, Olathe
2nd Brian Pollan, Oz Bicycle Club, Wichita
3rd Kent Bradford, Oz Bicycle Club, Wichita
1st David Wills, Oz Bicycle Club, Wichita
2nd Scott Henson, Tailwind Cyclists, Pittsburg
1st Sherri Hahn, SKC Racing, Westwood Hills
Kansas State Championship Results Now Available
June 18 , 2008
The KCA would like to announce that the results of the state championship events held June 7-8 in and around Pittsburg, KS, have been posted on the KCA website.
KS racers deserve the timely and accurate posting of results they've come to expect from KCA, and so the KCA apologizes for the delay in processing and transmitting results of the recent state championship events, and for any inconvenience caused by the delay. KCA wishes the best of luck to competitors in this weekend's 2008 Kansas Category Time Trial Championship, to be held Sunday, June 22, in beautiful downtown Walnut, KS. For more information on this weekend's events and on the 2008 Omnium, please visit the State Championships page of the KCA website. | More |
Sunflower State Games Road Race and Criterium: USCF Santioned
June 18, 2008
Two new events have been added to the race schedule for 2008. For the first time the Sunflower State Games are USCF sanctioned. The races will be held on July 19-20 in and around Topeka. | Flyer |
2008 Kansas State Championships Event Information
April 29, 2008
Get all the information you need about the 2008 Kansas State Championships at http://kscycling.org/states or click on the State Championship link on the left side of any KCA webpage.
The State Championships page has dates, locations, race flyers, maps, Kansas Omnium standings and more!
KCA Website Banner Photo Request for Submissions
April 29, 2008
Getting tired of seeing Shadd Smith racing in the mud at the 2006 USCF Cyclo-cross Nationals and the 2005 Criterium Championships? So are we! Submit own photo or photo collage for possible selection as the new KCA Banner Photo!
The KCA is requesting summissions of your best photo or photo collage depicting a USCF racing scene in Kansas. Like everything else with the KCA no compensation will be returned. Your photo will be used only on the KCA website and we will be happy to give proper credit to the photog.
Photo dimensions need to be 598 x 216 pixels or a landscape oriented photo that will crop down to that size. JPEG files only please.
Send your submissions to cmartell@sunflower.com
2008 KCA Race Schedule Updated
February 26, 2008
Ge the lastest 2008 KCA Race Schedule.
KCA Mentor Program
February 26, 2008
The KCA with USAC's blessing is beginning a Race Mentor Program to help novice racers through the sometimes difficult learning period. Experienced (Cat 1, 2 or 3 racers) may start in a Cat 4 or 5 race to train an individual Cat 5 or 4 racer. This will hopefully improve race safety and increase the number of new racers that stick with it. | More |
2008 USCF and USAC Rule Books Now Available
January 18, 2008
The 2008 USCF and USAC Rule Books are now available online. Take a few minutes and reveiw the racing rules, you might be surprised what you learn. Ignorance is not an excuse!
You will need Adobe Acrobate to view the rule books and many files on this site. Get it here.
KCA Annual Meeting
November 25, 2007
The KS Cycling Association annual meeting and election was held Nov 18th. If you’re wondering what our mission is the KCA is an association of race promoters/club presidents joined together to coordinate and better racing in Kansas.
Curt Shelman and Curtis Martell stepped down after years of volunteering their time to get our little group going. We owe them and all our previous volunteers a debt of gratitude for their efforts to improve racing.
Our newly elected Board of Directors is listed below. Feel free to contact any of us with ideas, questions or the urge to volunteer. We look forward to doing our best to further the sport of bicycle racing.
President – Roger Lomshek roger@tailwindcyclists.com
Secretary/Upgrades – Eric Struckhoff ecs@ku.edu
Treasurer – Chris Locke cdlocke@lycos.com
Board member – Sherry Hahn shahn2@kc.rr.com
Board member – Jeffrey Bishop nwbishop@smsd.org
We have two big events and one important meeting coming up in December.
The Kansas Bicycle/Pedestrian Federation’s organizational meeting is Dec 2nd in Emporia from 2 to 5 PM at the public library. Our goal is to mimic the MO Bike Fed which has been instrumental in changing state laws for the better for bicycle traffic. This advocacy effort will benefit all of us as cyclists. Contact Gina Poertner gksport5@yahoo.com to RSVP for the meeting.
Kansas Cyclocross Championships are Dec 9th in Leavenworth. Come out and race or just watch the racing.
http://www.kansascitycross.com/go/images/stories/2007kansasstatechampionshipcyclocross.pdf
Cyclocross National Championships are Dec 13th – 16th at Wyandotte Co. Park in Kansas City. Check out the best racers in the country battling it out or get involved and volunteer to help out and get some free BBQ, coffee and schwag while you’re at it.
http://www.kccrossnationals.com/index.html
Eldon Roush Fund Launched
May 5, 2007
On April 28th, 2007, during the Velotek Grand Prix Criterium, Eldon Roush was hurt very seriously. Eldon and his family need your support. Please visit the Eldon Rush Fund page to see details and how you can help.
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