Bike racing is my son's passion. He's training hard and ready to win so today I renewed his bike racing license for another year.
I signed my son up for his bike racing license today. He will race for the Lehigh Wheelmen this year because that is our cycling club. Also, he will only be racing age 14 and is not old enough to race for an official team.
If you're wondering what a racing age is, that's how old he will be at the end of the year. He's 13, won't be 14 until April but as far as cycling is concerned he is 14. One's racing age is how old you will be at the end of the calendar year, December 31, 2007. If you are not going to turn 16 until December 31, 2007 then your racing age for all of 2007 would be 16, not 15.
My son is lucky in that his birthday is pretty early in the year. That puts him in the top of his age group this year. He will be racing in the 13-14 year old group most of the time. Occasionally he will race with the 15-16 year old group for a challenge.
Sometimes he will race in the cat4 category because on his racing license he is a cat4 racer. This means that regardless of age he can still race with the other cat4 racers even if they are adults.
Don't forget to get your bike racing license renewed if you are going to race this year. You can't race without it.
