Use the search engine FIRST
i.e. -
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=380689
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=380059
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=380023
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=364501
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=281520
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=269982
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=269178
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what to pack in your travel bag
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FIND RACES HERE -
http://www.bikereg.com/
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random racing tips.
Once you're done reading the COUNTLESS threads that have already addressed this topic, you can try this:
Bike Racing for Beginners: How to get started
1. Find some group rides, fast group rides. Sit in the back.
2. Don't get discouraged if/when you get dropped from those group rides.
3. Go back the following week and do the fast group ride again.
4. If you're dropped a 2nd time, repeat steps 2 & 3
5. Once you're comfortable with the group and pace (and vice versa), take some pulls.
6. Once you're comfortable taking pulls, try some attacks (if it's that kind of group ride).
7. Once you're comfortable with steps 5 & 6, it's time to enter a race.
8. At your first race, repeat steps 1-6, but substitute 'race' for 'group ride'.
Once you have followed all of these steps, and still have a specific question, feel free to create a thread.
That is all.
NB - if you're thinking of attacking during your first (few races)
read this.