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I don’t think I’m alone in saying I’m afraid of Superweek.  There’s this looming issue with insurance as well as many cases/rumors of bounced checks.

I raced many of them last year and didn’t have a single problem, but this year I’m more worried. 

I have no intention of pre-registering for any of SW races which means I’ll have to pay same-day if the races actually happen, further adding to the out-of-pocket cost to race.

psimet (PSIMET - hell on wheels.)

Hmmm….I don’t blame Mike for not pre-reg’ing Stooper Weak.

We have seen a lot over the years out of ICC.  They were (allegedly) denied permits from USAC because they still haven’t paid officials fees and USAC fees from previous year, and they have a long history of bounced checks and non-payment (Wasn’t there a lack of payment to you one year PelotonStar?)

There is also a great deal of concern about whether or not ABR can adequately swing such a large production.  I sure hope so.

Unfortunately at this point it is my personal belief that ICC-Superweek has burned up completely every single bit of goodwill that they could possible have generated with the local cycling drones such as ourselves.  I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that asking for enough faith in their organization for us to actually pre-register is really kind of out of line and just simply not going to happen.

Silver lining - hey!....Superweek is on!  Lets hope this is (yet another) chance for them to re-earn our trust and faith in their ability to be fiscally responsible with events.  Let’s hope that ABR is rewarded for taking on such a risk, and let’s hope that the whole thing makes enough money to finally settle all of the back and unpaid (alleged) debts and (alleged) bounced checks!

I also hope to one day see a Unicorn crapping cupcakes while on a ride someday.

Hey!  How about that ToAD thingy….

psimet (PSIMET - hell on wheels.)

I feel your pain cyclingmom.  Due to their proven track record of legal action though….I tend to use the word alleged quite a bit.  Albeit I do include it in parenthesis.

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Morton Cycling Classic July 7th- Last race of the Illinois cup, great little town, even better course, Huge paid outs, goodie bags for preregistrations, USAC race. Also heard a rumor that if you email Kevin Lantz from the Proctor team,(lantzka@gmail.com) he has $50 visa gift card to racers who carpool with three or more and travel more than 150 miles. Pre-registration is very light. I did this race last year and it was a well run, well organized race, on a great course.

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Anyone know if the Wonderlake Crit is happening?

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Re: over/under on the Tour of Chicago Actually happening?

They’re looking at having the Tour of Chicago in Garfield Park.  A permit was submitted and they’ll know by Tuesday July 3rd whether it’s on or not.

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Flatlandia)

Props goes out to fellow FLATLANDIA rider Ryhs Louis on his first place finish today at the Super Week Cat 3 Willow Springs Road Race!  Bridging up to and soloing away from another rider for the win!

Props also goes out to fellow FLATLANDIA rider Krystian Weglarz in helping shut down any and all attempts to bridge across to Ryhs.  Bike Racing Tactics 101 executed to perfection! 

WELL DONE BOYS!!!