2019 Gravel Grinder / Race/ Fondo BAR Points

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To better serve the OBRA racing community as a whole, we introduce to you, our 2019 Gravel Race / Grinder / Fondo BAR Categories.

Junior Men

Junior Women

Open Men

Open Women

Masters Men

Masters Women


Racers will earn BAR points within the Gravel Race/Grinder/Fondo discipline which will earn them Overall BAR points.


The categories are defined by the following age groups: Juniors U18, Open 18-39, and Masters 40+


Races that are 100 miles or longer will earn 1.5 BAR points.


We hope that you will participate in this OBRA BAR tradition. Racers have the opportunity to earn more bar points at every event they take part in. This encourages riders to participate in more events. The more disciplines a racer tries, the more BAR points they can earn in the OVERALL BAR. This encourages racers to try new disciplines. BAR competitors (individuals and teams) will come out and try gravel races, grinders, and fondos. Let everyone know they can earn BAR points at your events!


Let’s see who wins!

OBRA Chat Moves to Google

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Jane is here to explain everything about the OBRA Chat switch to Google Groups!

To give our users the best experience, fast message delivery, and error-free messaging services, we have moved our OBRA Chat to Google Groups!

To read OBRA Chat:

Go to https://groups.google.com/a/obra.org/forum/#!forum/obra-chat. You can also join the group and receive email, and you can set up delivery as: no email, abridged email, or digest.

To post:

  1. Join the OBRA Chat Google Group
  2. Go to https://groups.google.com/a/obra.org/forum/#!forum/obra-chat and click “NEW TOPIC”
  3. Or: reply to an existing topic
  4. Or: send email to obra-chat@obra.org

To join:

  1. Go to https://groups.google.com/a/obra.org/forum/#!forum/obra-chat
  2. Click “Join group”
  3. Sign in to or create a Google account

You can use a non-Gmail email for your Google account, but Google, in their monopolistic paternalism, doesn’t make it easy. I’m sure many of us don’t like that. I don’t either. We’re still using Google Groups because:

  • Any forum or list will require an account. The old Mailman system did, too, and it was terrible.
  • I looked at alternatives, and while some may be better for some people, this is the most sustainable option for all of us
  • OBRA already uses a free non-profit G Suite account, and the integration is helpful

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