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You mean it's *not *a good idea to have a story about alleycats in Maxim, as that will most likely encourage a bunch of clueless breast-obsessed morons to turn up to the next race, because they are too daft to realise that dashing through London traffic on a bike is a bit dangerous; and they think that everything's a 'piece of piss', like professional football obviously is; and at least one of them will end up in hospital or worse, prompting the police to crack down hard on 'illegal street racing'?
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yeah that mainly why i said that, also i think that alley cats are essentially for messengers, i am not a messenger at the moment so dont think that i should enter. i did 4 weeks courioring in the summer ( i know i should have done more or whatever, but i was only 17 then and had to go back to college a the end of it) and really liked it, there was an alleycat durin that time but i didnt feel like i knew the streets enough so dint enter. if i do some more messengering again then i will probably enter them then, but until that point all i will do is hone my street knowledge and cycling skills.