I agree 102%!
ALL type of riding is exciting.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
There's a cover for every pot.
My passion is your pits.
SO WHAT?
Enjoy your own cycling intensity and delight and be happy for all the rest.
No matter what type of riding someone does, they are on a bike!
That's all that counts.
The more we grow the sport, the better we'll all be.
Talk it up, be positive, there's power in proaction.
Be cheerful, greet, and compliment every rider / cyclist you see.
Now hit the road and get to it, that's an order, and you better like it!
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
>
> Well, let's not compile lists of things we find boring, OK? Especially
> when you're talking about the PASSION of others on the list. Seriously,
> "Lame-Ass", "waste of time" - words like that do not belong here in
> Dale's living room. You can think it, but politeness requires you to
> keep it to yourself.
>
> Personally I found crit racing to be the most exciting thing I've
> experienced on this planet, infinitely more interesting than most track
> racing - and I like track racing a lot. Road racing? Also totally
> cool, just less intensity, like the same amount of excitement is spread
> out over a much longer time period. More rewarding maybe, with the
> scenery and the distance traveled and the sense of accomplishment... But
> for sheer living-every-instant-to-the-fullest while you're doing it,
> give me a hilly, curvy crit!
>
> Never really got into bowling, but I'm sure it must have its excitement
> too, if you prefer it to criterium racing.
>
> Collegially,
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle WA USA
>
> Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
>> Well, now that you mention crits, I can't help but quote the
>> great Bob Roll, "I went to ride in Europe because I wasn't
>> going to waste my time riding in Lame-Ass American
>> criteriums". I did have an ABL (that dates me) license and
>> rode a few criteriums and came to the same conclusion as Bob
>> Roll. I can't imagine any greater waste of time than
>> American criteriums and the rules and traditions of those
>> events are of absolutely no interest to me. Bowling is
>> exciting by comparison.