http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Road cycling is on the decline in Britain" en Sun, 17 May 2026 19:03:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=591#post-4810 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:46:03 +0000 Dave 4810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Although I quite enjoy riding in a pack, I never felt like getting into racing mainly because I didn't like the idea of sharing the course with cars.</p> <p>With the Olympics on the horizon it actually might be possible to make some policy changes at a high level - who knows? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=591#post-4808 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:46:46 +0000 Colin 4808@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Certainly road racing is more popular than it's been for 20 years, with waiting lists for most events now. The advent of on-line booking has helped with this, but there is a lot more interest generally in this particularly demanding sport. What is becoming difficult is finding suitable courses with low traffic use.</p> <p>Colin </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=591#post-4807 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:48:30 +0000 druidh 4807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm - I see a lot more road cyclists than ever I can remember. I think they mean that a certain "type" of road cycling is on the decline - that associated with racing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=591#post-4792 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:57:34 +0000 chdot 4792@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Road cycling is on the decline in Britain, threatening the future of the sport, according to the sports national governing body British Cycling." </p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/31970/British-Cycling-battles-for-save-road-cycling" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/31970/British-Cycling-battles-for-save-road-cycling</a> </p>