Originally Posted by DXchulo
Not that you need any more evidence that America doesn't care about cycling, but...
Did you see how small the crowd was? And they thought nobody cared about the Indy 500. Granted, this wasn't a top level pro race, but it did involve the only cyclist that most Americans care about, Lance Armstrong.
I get why the public doesn't care, but I don't really understand why most cyclists didn't seem to care. What's up with only 400 people signing up for the race?
The group of friends that I went with consisted of myself, my best friend, my best friend's 13 year old daughter and the son of the LBS where we all bought our Treks. My best friend commented on the same thing and was told by a local cyclists (just repeating gossip here don't know if it's true), that the last time Lance was in town, he upset the Indy cycling community. Perhaps that is why the poor attendance. It was a little disheartening to see such a small crowd. Our LBS dude said that Indy has two of the top 100 Trek stores in the Nation and I've never seen so many Treks in one place. The races and crit's I've been to, never have more than a handful.