Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
Does the general public even know/care about this stuff? I don't even know what "mechanical doping" is. Even if they do, would they associate it with anyone they know who is into bikes? I kinda doubt it.
[MENTION=369884]armstrong101[/MENTION] Do you think demand for C&V bikes will go up?
All I'm saying is my crystal ball says it is likely to slowly decline, as it seems to me it has been doing. At least for the fancier ones. There will always be a market for low cost working bikes. Maybe others more in the know see it differently.
After Armstrong, YES, the general public knows and cares about this stuff.
Heck, even Oprah had him in her show asking him about the allegations which he actually admitted to her.
The recent mechanical doping scandal was posted all over the net like in Yahoo news.
A lot of my cycling friends and relatives already quit watching the TDF and other big pro races every year because they feel sick about how America's greatest racer betrayed them so now they look at every one of them in the Pelton with suspicion......
Yup! Lance sure stuck a big dagger in the heart of the sport, and the effects to the sport and hobby will linger for many years to come. Notice that even the coverage of the TDF, at least in the US, had been very limited since the big scandal?
Bad thing is the media and public do not follow race results anymore, just the almost regular news of doping scandals and related lawsuits........