From my understanding of the FQSC site there is also the possibility to buy one-day licences on place when registering for individual races. If you think of doing only a few races throughout the year that might be a good option. I was not able to find anywhere what the cost of the one-day licence is though. Anybody has any experience/information about these one-day licences?
PS: Pete if you go for the Master’s category we should meet there…
Yes, absolutely one day licenses are a thing, except at provincial championships and perhaps a couple other of the biggest races. Almost positive they are $20, or at least they were last year. ECCC day licenses are $15 this year.
Hence my dilemma. With day licences, I would probably spend well under $100 for the entire summer (Queens, 2 more ECCC and maybe a quebec race or two), but then I am stuck racing in Men’s D for the ECCC.
Get a race license and be motivated to do a few races in the fall when I get back from my travels!
Day licenses may vary depending on the race too. For instance, I only had to pay $20 for a “day” license which actually lasted the entire weekend at Charlevoix last year.
Pete, I agree the ECCC rule is dumb. I imagine there will be other people in a similar situations though, so there will probably be a handful of stronger riders racing D.
Well the eccc rule is only dumb for Canadians - an American collegiate license is only $35 I believe, so it’s not a big deal for them at all. It just really sucks for us.
So, I am in the same boat as Pete. I was hoping to race C at ECCC, but don’t know what category I would be for the FQSC.
I am 28 so would I be:
Senior Élite 3 ‐ CC‐UCI (23 ans et +) RME.3?
Thanks, I will be making this purchase this afternoon.
Can it be? Has the FQSC improved its licence website?
It looks like it! And they now require passport sized photos… they are going to be legit UCI licenses.
That makes it almost worth the $165!