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> When one compares the participation in the 100 mile distance in
> currently to that some years back with a different format one must take
> care to factor in the the overall decline in 100 mile participation of
> the readership as a whole.
Truman, have you ever stopped to consider the fact that the decline in the
100 mile distance came about after the AERC did away with an overall
points championship?  Because many people DID actively run for national
placings under that system, they also tended to seek out 100-mile rides
because they could earn bonus points.  It was not uncommon under that
system for people to ride several 100s in a year--just plain rank and file
riders, who did not have aspirations to do FEI or ROC or any of that.

I think many are missing one of the causitive factors in the decline of
the 100s here, and it has been right under our noses.

A lot of attention was paid to what it took to be #1 "back then" but very
little gets said about those riders who rode "to make the standings" even
if they did not earn #1.  It was those riders who filled in the rosters of
100s--I can well remember being one of them.

Heidi



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