Originally Posted by
Thom
You are absolutely correct. I don't have to live by the SSS' inflexibility and choose not to do so. While it may have been "nice" to go to HI in a "group parade", sticking to SSS' rules have the potential to make it more unlikely for me to arrive safely. I'm no fool, it's safer to go alone (or not at all). Currently it is the "not at all" because I haven't found a good autohelm that I feel safe driving downwind with.
Hmm. I have to ask... if you perceive that the SSS is inflexible and out of touch, and if you feel that at least the Hawaii race, and probably the LongPac, if not ALL the SSS races are "group parades" and inherently unsafe, then..
... why do you post here?
I mean, not that you CAN'T, I'm just not sure why you'd want to.
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