Originally Posted by
Ratfish
So you get a bunch of legit cyclists who don't want to die being unable to compete and idiots who only want to compete balancing on a razor's edge of being the best or dying? Sounds good to me.
I can't imagine rising to the top of anything without being a little off balance. I'm not sure you can give the kind of effort and dedication that these top level athletes do while being a well rounded, normal person.