Originally Posted by
Jughed
First, you took half of what I wrote and quoted it like I was making the assertions - go back and read.
You did make all of those assertions -- in post 92. You weren't quoting or citing someone else --
you wrote those things.
Originally Posted by
prj71
In my area road racing is dying off. Gravel and Mountain bike racing seem to be the dominate bike racing sports in my area.
I will agree that the cost of entry to race has gone insane. So much so that I don't participate in as many races as I used to. My self imposed limit for entry fee is $50 these days. Anything over that and I'm not participating. One of my local races is $150. No thanks.
Road racing may be dwindling in popularity... I haven't done it since 2009 and don't follow it. But anecdotally, it seems like many of those former road racers (like me and some of my friends) have moved to gravel.
And yeah, some gravel events are pretty expensive -- but if my cutoff was $50, I wouldn't be racing at all. Around here, there are plenty of smaller grassroots events in the $70-$80 range (then add in the Bikereg.com fees); adjusted for inflation, that's a $50 race in roughly 2016.