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Personally I don't go to races, race or watch races on TV/online. I watch the
odd video edit of pros riding and doing tricks, but it wouldn't be much pain
if that went away. Supporting normal folks who ride their bikes a lot and
spread stoke is just fine by me. Out of 100 riders I know 4 or 5 race nothing
they do impacts my enjoyment of my local trails.
I'm not convinced what's great for racing is great for the masses so I'm not
sure there is that much trickle down effect vs. building equipment for fast
weekend warriors.
Maybe there is some benefit to racing that I am not seeing, but it seems
pretty much irrelevant to me.
Sept. 19, 2016, 5:01 p.m. - Vik Banerjee
#!markdown Personally I don't go to races, race or watch races on TV/online. I watch the odd video edit of pros riding and doing tricks, but it wouldn't be much pain if that went away. Supporting normal folks who ride their bikes a lot and spread stoke is just fine by me. Out of 100 riders I know 4 or 5 race nothing they do impacts my enjoyment of my local trails. I'm not convinced what's great for racing is great for the masses so I'm not sure there is that much trickle down effect vs. building equipment for fast weekend warriors. Maybe there is some benefit to racing that I am not seeing, but it seems pretty much irrelevant to me.