[NCNCA] Input re Winters RR needed

[Casey Kerrigan]

The following is from the Winters RR promoter Robert Leibold.  
Comments should be directed to Robert at velopro1 at sonnet.com

The Winters course is having some difficulties. There is a short (100  
feet) gravel section in the middle of the downhill (after the  
hairpin, before the final right hand curve) on Cantelowe. It is on a  
one lane semi-flat section, and is rideable, but riders must slow and  
take caution on it. (It would need an extra marshal and signage - the  
race route already closes the hill to uphill traffic). The County is  
reluctant to give a permit to use it, and we have negotiated a detour  
from Cantelowe onto Steiger, Gibson Canyon, Farrell, Vaca Valley and  
back onto Pleasant's Valley 3 miles south of the orginal pont. This  
adds 4 miles to the loop, with a new feed zone on Steiger, and takes  
the course closer to Vacaville, with attendant increase in traffic  
(on downhills on Steiger and Gibson Canyon, and on Pleasants Valley).  
More marshals, signage and CHP officers are required, but are do-able  
from the promter's standpoint. As I see it, there are three choices:  
1) Go with the proposed alternate route; 2) attempt to get the County  
to allow the downhill on the usual course, with the gravel; or 3) Use  
a completely alternate course in the Yolo/Dunnigan area of Yolo  
County, mostly the old Dunnigan Hills course, which is still possible  
for permits.
What do you think? I'd need all replies by Monday night, 7/24.
---Robert Leibold
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