Does US MTB racing license include CX?

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Permalink Reply by Brian on June 22, 2010 at 9:57am

In the past I believe you could only race on a road license, but last year I noticed that you could race on either a road or mtb.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Baily on June 22, 2010 at 10:17am

It is just weird that on the following page after you select the mtb license, they have it listed as mtn cross and only cat 1-3 is available to select. Where is the cat 4? A little confusing!

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Permalink Reply by JMack on June 22, 2010 at 10:22am

Mountain Cross is a different type of racing entirely. Lumped in with dual slalom.

If you buy either a road or MTB license, you just need to specify a category on the first page for cyclocross.

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Permalink Reply by andrew on June 22, 2010 at 11:01am

it's been a long, long time since it was just road only. norba licenses were good way back. last year they moved to # categories for mtb instead of "sport" and "expert" but I've always felt the #s were a bit off with only 3 categories. I'll never ever be a cat 2 on the road but to call myself a cat 2 on fat tires just seems like i'm a poser. I'd guess most sport racers could not keep up with a cat 2 road field - expert seemed to me to be more aligned.

but talk it up. tell everyone you're a cat 3!

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