Re: [RC] [AERC-Members] Weight division - Howard Bramhall
What is so unusual about AERC, and I swear this rule was invented by a
bunch of big wimmen who got together late one night at a ride, after a few
Lite-beers, and came up with the idea that you can ride in any weight category
lighter than what you actually weight. Gives an entire new meaning to the
phrase, "Do these tights make me look fat?"
What this rule means, to someone like me, who is just a 6 pack
short of being a heavyweight, is I can ride in any category, from
Middle Weight on down. One of these years, I swear, I'm gonna register
as Featherweight, just for kicks, to see if I can ever get a weight
category prize and go up there, in front of ya'll, and get my Featherweight
award!!!! And to see my name, just once, in Endurance News, as a
featherweight would be incredibly funny. Problem is, competition is
quite serious in those light weight categories. It's where the tiny hiney
riders actually live.
I am a little confused on how the weight
divisions work. When I joined AERC, I joined as a featherweight because
I was right on the line between featherweight and lightweight, and I usually
drop some weight in the spring. Well, the deadline to change your weight
division was coming up and I still had not dropped any of my winter weight so
I changed to a lightweight. Now I am dropping my winter pounds and feel
i am going to weigh in as a featherweight. How does this work when you
are registered as a lightweight, but weigh in as a featherweight?
