Originally Posted by
fritz1255
This was the first time I have watched a bicycle race, either in person or on TV. A couple of questions/observations from a total newbie:
1) Maybe it was just the camera angle, but it seemed as though there were many spectators running out into the course among the bikers. The last thing I would want to see while tooling along at 30 mph or better is some idiot running out in front of me.
This is a common problem. Most folks think the walls at Nascar race tracks are to keep the cars on the track. WRONG!!! The walls and fence are to keep the spectators in the chicken bone section from running onto the track. (Wow, that would be a mess.)