Originally Posted by
gsteinb
While I appreciate that 'everyone is doing it' supports how you see things and want things to be, the reality is I raced every weekend since there was snow on the ground with options almost every weekend day. I also had up to five different weekday options with in 60 miles of my house. So less racing? Yep, sure is. Some races are going away. All of it being replaced by gran fondos?
Sorry if you took that the wrong way, Gary, or perhaps misunderstood me. Traditional open road racing is most certainly and undeniably going away. That's true everywhere and not just the NE. Crits will eventually be the only option for single category racing. New recruitment into the sport is not happening and the math just suggests that it'll not be worth it for organizers to host an event for less than 100 people on the road or fields less than 40 or 50... insurance, police, and officials costs will eat that up. It sucks, but it's true.