Originally Posted by
MrCjolsen
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?
Actually, I think you missed my point entirely. USA Cycling and UCI tend to swallow up almost everything good about cycling, and spit out a regurgitated unfun lycra mess. NORBA is no exception all these years later.
What I'd personally love to see is a road racing and track series built much like NJS. Total standardizing of equipment so as to be afforded by the masses and about athletes, as opposed to windtunnels, carbon fiber, and cash. As well as regular road racing and track events, it would be great to see rally type events too where a map, timer, and compass were part of the fun. Maybe even single speed and fixed gear road racing. Standardized, less expensive, more fun. Cycling could use some of this.