Originally Posted by Koyote

You did make all of those assertions -- in post 92. You weren't quoting or citing someone else -- you wrote those things.



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.