This Saturday please come up and enjoy some great country roads at the Double M Bike Race. 

http://www.mycyclingsource.com/double-m-bike-race.html  

This is a non-points UCA event (USAC upgrade points are available).  The course is rolling terrain on the roads that many in the Ogden area use on a daily basis. 

This very well could turn into a UCA points event for 2011.

Hi everyone, the State TT flyer and information are now posted. It will be held at the same great location as last year using the great same course! You can access the flyer at:

http://www.utahcritseries.com/files/2010-state-time-trial.pdf

Online registration is at Sportsbaseonline, is now open at:

 https://www.sportsbaseonline.com/events/index.xhtml?categoryId=30053

If you have any questions, the promoter is Marek Shon:

utcritseries@gmail.com

...when your name is The Claw.

Just wanted to update the UCA
East Canyon Registration is still open.
Registration is open until this Saturday the 17th, 6pm.
You can register at Millcreek Cycles (formerly Canyon Bicycles of Salt Lake).
A valid USAC license is required at sign up. Cash or check only.
Rider limit is 300. We are currently at 135
We have increased field size limits for all of the Masters fields.
We will continue to adjust field limits according to participation in all categories
 
If you have any questions or concerns feel free to call the shop or send me an email
 
Thanks
 
 
Hope to see you there and may the rubber side stay down
 
 
Mike Hanseen

UCA Members,

This is an important announcement from the UCA Board that affects everyone who races UCA events. Please read this carefully.

Good Evening:
 
As you know, last year we required chip timing for all UCA points races.  Almost all of the races were timed using the Winning Time Chips.  We had mixed results.  Here is a list of some of the issues that we faced:
 
-          Renting Chips - very difficult to track and hard to take a deposit
-          Registration – almost impossible to process 10 to 30 people 30 minutes prior to the race and rent 10 chips at the same time.
-          Database issues – due to registration problems, we had incomplete databases which created incomplete results
-          Chip placement – if the chips were not placed correctly, they did not read.
-          Incorrect readings – we had a handful of chips that would read a few second earlier than they should.
-          Software issues with Winning Time, not SBO.  The SBO software worked exactly as advertised.
 
There were also several advantages to the chips:
 
-          By the middle of the season, Cat 1/2 and 3 timing was almost always correct and very fast
-          Riders finishing way behind the pack were given a good score and an accurate score
-          When they worked, results were fast and accurate.
 
We tried to remember that the goal is for fast results with accurate times.  Electronic timing will get us to this end, but we felt that changes were necessary.
 
After reviewing all options, we have come up with the following policy: All UCA Points Races must be electronically timed.  This means that all points races must use chips or a professional camera specific for sports capture.  It will be the promoters’ prerogative to determine what system he/she will use.  For instance, for chip timing Mac at milliseconds.com or Jon Gallagher at Sports Base Events are available.  For a professional camera, Jon Gallagher is also available.  The prices for Sports Based Events to use a camera or chips will be approximately the same.  The camera timing may be a little cheaper.
 
I know that this will mean that many of the races will not be using the Winning Time chip that many of you have purchased.  This doesn’t mean that we will not return to chip timing in the future when we get all of the bugs worked out.  But, until chip timing can solve the issues they currently struggle with, we feel that we need to offer other affordable options to the promoters.
 
The UCA will also supplement the salary of an individual who will help us with database upkeep and results uploading.  This will be immensely important to keep our new website clean and updated.
 
Our hope is that everyone will be able to get accurate and fast results at every UCA event.  We feel that this decision will be the best way to meet that goal.  If you have any questions, please contact me or any other member of the UCA Board.
 
We are going to have another great season.  I have never seen so much enthusiasm (by promoters especially) this early in the season.  We appreciate all of you and your love for our sport.
 
Ferg

This is notice that the Utah Cycling Association will hold its annual General Meeting on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm at the Salt Lake Airport Hampton Inn 307 North Admiral Byrd Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.
 
The agenda will include:
 
• 2009 Finances
• 2010 Proposed Budget
• Bylaw amendments - Masters
• Elections:
  - Executive Director
  - Director
• Executive Director’s Report to the Membership
• Timing Chip Proposal from the Executive Board
• USAC LA Meeting Report
 
If you have any other agenda items, please let us know.
 
Sincerely,
 
James Ferguson
Executive Director
Utah Cycling Association