Originally Posted by
Commodus
I think it's possible to think something is stupid while appreciating that it's difficult. I mean it's hard to be a pro baseball player too, but fercrissakes, try and watch a game sometimes. Those skinny guys who can eat like 500 hot dogs are professional 'eating champions' or whatever and I sure as heck can't do that, but the whole concept is still dumber than a box of hammers.
KInd of like watching a bunch of guys riding bikes way better than their skills, go in cricles for an hour, half of which cannnot finish, and calling that a bike race.
Why bother? If you crash it's your doctor/hospital bill and the repair on the bike is yours, too. To me that's really really dumb. Even the Saturday night guys I know that do modifieds, they have sponsors to help with the costs. Racing a bike out of your own pocket?
Any sport is stupid if looked at a certain way.