Crit Racers?

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NoNameNoNumber

NoNameNoNumber

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Any in here?
After riding with a Cat 3 going on 2 racer a couple of days ago I've found a burning desire to enter a race...
I've never competed in cycling and likely never trained to my strengths but it seems I have a good turn of pace (that he couldn't match) and happily bury myself there after which he says would get me in some tasty break aways.
My 5s peak power is 1600w on a Watt bike, although lately having lost interest I'm down to about 1450w which still gets me a healthy lead in various sprints we had, then once I have a 20m lead or so I hunker down and bust out 400w until I can no longer see him. He was complementary and shocked that a long distance triathlete could bury him... Genuinely one of my greatest days on the bike :)

So I've been watching YouTube, Crits seem to tickle my pickle. But how do I enter one? Or even find one to enter? It's a world I've never looked into but it's sparked a real interest in cycling again for me.

Power/weight as follows
20.71W/kg for 5s
3.88W/Kg for the hour
 
Awesome thank you

I guess the goal as a newbie would be to finish in the bunch, or essentially just not get dropped.

Ok, is the license only available annually or is it available as a 1 dayer as per the BTF license? I fear it's a bit late in the year now to get value out of an annual one.
With the races, lets take https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/207186/EMRRL-Loughborough-University as an example.
How do you actually enter? Looks as though 80 names are selected... How do I get in that pot of names?

What makes Cat 4s a crash fest? Not adverse to it, just obviously I'd rather stay out of trouble!

What kind of bike do you need? Something you can afford to write off I guess, would an aluminium/105 level of build be suitable?

50 miles at 23-25 sounds mental... But then I've pretty much always ridden solo!
Do you just have a bottle and a gel or 2 in your pocket?
 
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