Originally Posted by
acoldspoon
We totally have this! It is called NORBA. People race everything from knobby tired clunkers to custom made mountain bikes made by tiny companies in California. The whole scene is really chill. Racing is totally secondary to making friends and drinking beer. The scene has a lot of ex roadies in it who got sick of all the USCF bullsh*t.
My point exactly. But if you want to stay on pavement, and race a bicycle, then you either have to become an uber-roadie or you don't get to play.
What I'd like to see are grownups racing like kids do - short run, small packs, low risk. Maybe even handicap it like
bracket drag racing. If the NHRA can do it with cars, why can't we do it with bikes?