When Am I Good Enough to Race

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How good do I need to be to race Cat. 5 or Juniors, I'll be 15 when next season rolls around. I want to find out what the average pace, distance, aver. speed, etc.

How good do I need to be to race Cat. 5 or Juniors, I'll be 15 when next season rolls around. I want to find out what the average pace, distance, aver. speed, etc.That depends on where you live, I can't speak for Europe but in ohio in the usa we race with the cat 5 a lot and we will adverage around 21-22 for whole race for a 10-15 mile crit
also check out the adverage speed thread

These 14-16 year olds kicked my ass. Just give it a go.

... Just give it a go.
Agreed. it will be fun

These kids averaged 39kmh for 40km.