Originally Posted by
roadwarrior
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.
Well I don't think it makes much sense to fixate on the equipment...and most of the developed world has sorted the issue of 'hospital bills' long ago. So I can't really get behind these criticisms, but in terms of the danger, yea can't argue that. Breaking a hip or a collar bone is a real downer.
But...I think we're on a forum called 'bikeforums', so it seems a little strange to be debating the worth of bike racing. Presumably everyone here has accepted those risks, even folks who never race can crash.