Hermann, I think you ought to take your personal beefs off-line. By making your thoughts private, you won't come across as another one whose ethic seems to be "if-you-don't-do-it-my-way-I-won't-play".
When the handicap calculation was devised, the fastest 60 plus ride was 23 minutes. Since then, as you well know, it has been brought down to around 22 minutes. Two years ago, one individual accused me of fixing the system so I could win. She was serious! Handicaps by definition are not fair. Ours is not fair to those between the age of 25 and 39. Anyway, it seems only right to occasionally make an adjustment based on most recent data. I'd like to add that I brought back this old event as a bit of fun for everyone. It's not the Olympics and Lance won't be there this year. The petty complaining leaves a sour taste. Frankly, there's a tiny minority posting here that have forgotten we belong to this club for the love of cycling, and that Board members give of their time because they want to give something back to the club which has served them so well. The slagging of Board members on this forum is getting a little tiresome, and making it very difficult to recruit able new Board members. Hermann & Christa Kerckhoff wrote: > Thank You Bruce for clearing up the mystery. Your apology is appreciated > by all of us keen time-trialists > > Unfortunately our respected President Avery Burdett wasn't quite > truthful in his ' smoking ' letter to me, stating that there is only * > fine tuning * and no * radical * changes in the method. He is in my age > category and knows full-well that it knocks 51 points off my score - > thats giant ! > > Last year instead of first I would have been fourth, Patrick Roy is the > winner. One year its this, another that, what is it next year ? I want > no part in this fly-by-night handicap competition, I'm asking to have my > name struck from the records, and removed from the trophy. As an > Olympian I care about Fair-Sportsmanship. > > Thank You, Hermann Kerckhoff OBC Member > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Website: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
