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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Munich Germany (formerly Portland OR, Texas)
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greywolf,
while i agree that cycling is not really very expensive to get started...
it can be. as a college student, i for instance, had to REALLY save to buy a $250 road bike and a helmet... and then i trained but could not afford to enter races ($20-50)... and i was a _college_ student, so not really poor (i just had no money)
also, particularly in the US there is little developed club system where youngsters can get invloved and get races and equipment and coaching for free or discounted.
if you are a poor kid in the US cycling is pretty much out of reach... especially since you are unlikely to even encounter cycling or someone racing (yes, maybe the local DUI who lost his car, or the "rich" white guy in spandex)
but i agree with the earlier posts: that cycling is mostly a middle class european sport
P.S. in Texas i knew a lot of hispanic riders, a few asian riders but very very few black riders...