not knowing much about the P2K's geometry, i'll leave that for others

for crits and road races, you can't have aerobars on your bike.

crits are shorter (about 1 hr or less, depending on what level you race at), on short courses with at least 4 turns. road races are on longer courses (1 or more laps, but not nearly as many as a crit), and the race will last longer.

collegiate racing is awesome. however, i'd save up and buy a cyclocross bike. is it october yet?

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No.

The Collegate Cycling Conferences have the samew rules as the UCI. You must have legal geometries, with NO clip on bars. Also you must have a spoked wheel.

As for races.. you will usually find
ITT
TTT
Uphill ITT

Crit - Standard 1 - 2 mile crit.
Circuit - A small scale road race.... we just can't afford to pay police to close 50 miles of road... usually not in our budgets. It's more like a 7 mile loop.

Road Race

And there are a few unique events like MercyHurst has a mini crit / pursuit thing in a nascar track.

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