"Road cycling is on the decline in Britain, threatening the future of the sport, according to the sports national governing body British Cycling."
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/31970/British-Cycling-battles-for-save-road-cycling
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"Road cycling is on the decline in Britain"
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Posted 14 years ago #
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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.
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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.
Colin
Posted 14 years ago # -
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.
With the Olympics on the horizon it actually might be possible to make some policy changes at a high level - who knows?
Posted 14 years ago #
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