Team Florida is part of the Southeast Collegieate Cycling Conference (SECCC). Team Florida Competes in four disciplines of cycling: Road, Mountain, Track, and Cyclocross. The SECCC mountain bike season is during fall semester, while Road is during spring. Cyclocross is in late fall/winter, and Track is during summer and early fall.
Road
Within the road discipline, there are a number of events. A criterium is a short, fast paced race held on a short course (usually 1 mile or less). Cyclists race for a prescribed amount of time, with a set number of laps added (usually 2-5) for the finish. A road race is a longer race of larger laps, or even sometimes one big lap. A time trial is a race against the clock in which no drafting is allowed. A team time trial is a time trial in which a team of 3-4 riders draft off of each other, trying to have the best time among teams.
Mountain
Mountain Biking also has an assortment of different events. A cross country (XC) race is typically a few laps of a mountain bike trail, usually totaling between 15 and 30 miles. A short track race is an extremely fast short race (10-25 min.) on a very short loop (.5-1 mil). Dual slalom is a gravity event in which riders race head to head on parallel tracks with jumps and banked turns. A downhill race is a race downhill on mountain bike trails against the clock..
Cyclocross
Cyclocross racing is a strange breed. Literally a cross between mountain and road, the bicycles look like a road bikes with mountain bike tires and brakes. Races are usually several laps of a 1-2 mile course, with a barrage of obstacles such as incredibly steep short hills, wooden barricades, and mud pits, forcing the rider to dismount the bicycle in order to pass. Races are generally 45 min. to an hour long.
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Track
In track racing, a bicycle with a single, fixed gear is ridden around an embanked velodrome at incredibly high speeds.
