Quote Originally Posted by Phat3R View Post
Grading in cycling articles, some more ideas perhaps ... have to actively work to move up grades ... although it appears in MC racing people less interested in kicking up a grade to learn ... interested in why is that ... so much faster you don't learn, just get left behind?

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2011/02/au...rading-system/
http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2009/...rading-system/
What relevance is grading to learning to ride faster or race better? To me it is obvious, grading should be about racing and competing against your peers or like experience. Go a bit faster progress faster, improve a little slower progress a little slower. Until over time the experience importance or relevance diminishes and you should end up around your speed/grade/finishes dictate. I still don't understand a lot of the attitude of he/she is too fast for that grade instead of recognising or encouraging that persons performance relative to their experience. Especially as new riders come through. When little Johnny is top of the marks for his year(experience) at school, we don't say "if you do too well it's not fair on the other kids so we will put you with the bigger kids" because that's fair isn't it? Whilst there are subjective opinions making decisions about who should be graded what it's -------? fill in the blank