the 35-39 group is also the one with families, with all the attendant
choices: do i go race my bike or go to my kid's soccer game? it would be
interesting to see how many races per year the "typical" 35+ master
attends.

----- Original Message -----
From: "kevin thompson"
To:
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] 35+

> Since the largest group is age 35 to 39, wouldn't you want to give that
> group the most options at a race? Wouldn't that encourage participation?
>
> Kevin Thompson
>
>
> From: Mike Murray
> There are often references to the mythic 18 yo bike racer. Frankly there
> are not many of them. Most are slower category. From the end of this year
> the age distribution of road members was:
>
>
> 20to24 133
> 25to29 264
> 30to34 398
> 35to39 466
> 40to44 371
> 45to49 266
> 50to54 148
> 55to59 74
> 60to64 34
> 65+ 24
>
>
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