|  | | | Message from the NYSBRA President Making Cycling More Inclusive
| NYSBRA’s mission is to grow cycling, specifically where there is great potential for growth, such as with women and juniors. Since our founding fifteen years ago NYSBRA has a proud history of promoting and funding this mission with grants for such things as women’s clinics and junior development. This month I am excited to highlight some recent actions aimed at increasing women’s participation and diversity in our sport.
| Also in Buffalo, Tom Weichmann and Rich Scaduto of the East Aurora Racing Club, supported in part by a grant from NYSBRA, is offering greatly reduced entry fees for the fifth year in a row to their Two Days of Buffalo on 6-7Aug.
| And third, Elizabeth Tobey, our NYSBRA Women’s Rep, has expanded the historical role of “women’s rep” to include all Women/Trans/Femme/Non-binary Cyclists. See Elizabeth’s article, below, for details. I am thrilled at all of these great steps forward and hope you are, too!
| Jeff Poulin
NYSBRA President | | | | Expanding Representation
We're excited to announce that we are expanding the purview of our Women's Rep board seat to be the Women/Trans/Femme/Non-Binary Rep. The goal of this role is to give organizers, race directors, and officials across New York State a dedicated person that can provide help and guidance to make bike racing more inclusive and expansive of all gender identities. NYSBRA's founding goal is to serve the bike racing community, and this new position helps us better achieve that goal by dedicating time and resources to events across the state - giving the tools to organizers to create safer, more inclusive events and welcome bike racers of all kinds to the start line.
| | | | NYSBRA TT State Champions
Beautiful weather and a great turnout greeted riders yet again to rural Tioga Center for “The Race of Truth.” Riders started at minute intervals to give everything they had over their race distance of either 10k, 20k, or 40k. Many riders chose to double up entries or actually double up on racing, doing either 60k or even 80k total for the day! Many of these tough racers first did an Individual TT by race category or age, then turned around and did either an “Eddie Merckx” non-aero race, tandem, or a Team Time Trial (because suffering is so much more fun with friends!) Congratulations to all the new NYSBRA State Time Trial champions and competitors!
| | | | NYSBRA Crit State Champions
From the winter snow to the peak summer highs, Grant’s Tomb proved that it’s a season highlight regardless of weather. With nearly 450 unique starters and 14 fields, we had an action packed day of racing, filled with the positive competitive spirit that inspires all of us to roll up at the start line. CRCA is incredibly thankful for all of the club members, teams, staff, and sponsor support that made this race so special.
| | | | Upcoming NYSBRA Championship Races
Still coming this year for championships are:
| - Track: NYSBRA Track Omnium Championship, 31Jul22 and the NYSBRA Junior Track Championship, 27Aug22, hosted by Jason Gallacher of Affinity Cycles, Kissena Velodrome
- MTB: NYS MTB Series Points Champion, hosted by Bob Underwood of Underdog Race Timing, Riedlbauers Round Top Resort, Round Top, 11Sep22
- Cyclocross and Fat Bike: Salt City Spectacular, hosted by Noel Bonk of BonkWerx Endurance Sports, Liverpool, 15Oct22
| | | Rule of the Month The Difference between a Stage Race and Omnium
| Most multi-day events we encounter are stage races, such as the Tour de France, in which the rider must complete each stage in order to continue racing the next stage. What most people don’t know is that stage races can be competed based on the overall lowest elapsed time (like the Tour) or by the highest accumulated points. The applicable rule is:
| 3H1. A stage race is an event with a common entry, run on consecutive days, comprising a sequence of road races (i.e., individual road races, time trials, criteriums), in which the overall results are determined by cumulative time or points. Riders must successfully complete each stage in order to be eligible for the next one. In stage races by time, the sum of the rider’s times for each stage determines the final results. In stage races by points, the sum of the rider’s points for each stage determines the final results.
| If a multi-day event is competed by accumulating points, it is quite often run as an omnium, in which a rider can pick and choose what races the rider wants to compete in. The rider does not have to do all the races, but the rider is at a disadvantage for winning the overall by not earning points in all possible races. While common in track, road omniums are a nice way, for example, for a promoter to provide opportunities to riders who just want to do (or can only do) a subset of the races.
| The biggest omnium in our region is the Two Days of Buffalo, which although calling itself a stage race is actually run as an omnium, and the biggest stage race in our region (and the entire US!) is the Green Mountain Stage Race in Vermont.
| | | |  | ATTN: Bike Race Promoters! Did you know? | Bikereg.com is the Official NYSBRA Event and Race registration partner. When you choose to use their service for your race, a portion of each registration is given back to help fund NYSBRA Grants. These are the grants that help grow the sport of cycling throughout NYS and are provided to Juniors, Local Races, Clinics, Officials and more! | | | | Newsletter Sponsor! The Pack Chatter Podcast |  | If you love to race, you’ve no doubt spent more time talking about racing than competing. And that’s half the fun. | | | Your NYSBRA Officers and Board:
Officers: President: Jeffrey Poulin
Vice President: Tom Weichmann
Secretary: Elizabeth Tobey
Treasurer: Michael Cormier | Regional Representatives: Adirondack region: Gary Toth
Central region: Lloyd Campbell
Hudson Valley region: Eric Ragot
Long Island region: Myles Romanow
New York City region: David Sommerville
Western region: Rich Scaduto | Other Contacts: | Cyclocross/Fat Bike: Ken Hammond | Mountain Bike: Patrick Carey
Women/Trans/Femme/Non-Binary Rep: Elizabeth Tobey
Junior Cycling: Leona Chin
Junior Cycling: John Roden
Gravel: Bryan Blake
Track: Jim Lyman
Officials Coordinator: Jeff Poulin
| Members-at-large: Rob Quan, Christine Quan
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