Collegiate Season (Just Around the Corner)

With a new collegiate season just around the corner and interval hopping now in full swing, it is time to tune those web browsers to important resources for finding information about racing. The following are important references:

1. The University of Chicago competes in the MidWest Collegiate Cycling Conference. Their webpage is full of information about the season including the schedule and race fliers. Moreover, they have an email list for racers to stay updated on conference events.
2. The collegiate races are all sanctioned by USA Cycling. This means that racers need to have a collegiate racing license. From last year, I believe that there are two options in purchasing a license. You can either purchase a collegiate license alone for $30 or a Road License with a collegiate add-on for $60. The Road license will allow you to participate in other non-collegiate road races over the summer as well as cross races in the fall. One day licenses are $10 per race.
3. Speaking of licenses, USA Cycling has instituted new policies about collegiate license categories. They will now be printed on your license and you will have to petition to upgrade from one category to the next instead of just racing in whichever category you wanted as before. Additionally, there will be restrictions about which collegiate category you can race based on your regular road category. On the good side, collegiate races will now count towards regular road upgrades. More information can be found here.
   

It is time to get excited about the season so that he can hit the races with full force next month!