Originally Posted by
waterrockets
2.5 times as many rednecks? I think there are a lot of cultural differences that mean several of the world's potential top cyclists never even slip into a cycling shoe. And that goes for other countries as well.
true.
When I was a junior 1990-91ish, racing in CO state titles was more or less = to racing the USA national titles.
But I had been living the 3-4 years before in Europe, in a mountains region and there is just the sheer numbers there to make it much harder.