When I started PSIMET I polled every rider I knew and then every racer I knew. I asked them how much they spent on cycling in the previous year. Everything. Kit, travel, hotels, parts, tires, entry fees, etc.

I found that almost everyone answered between $3k-$30k annually.

I asked because at the time I was keeping really specific personal financial records and I had seen that one year I spent close to $15k and was floored.

People don’t actually realize what they’re spending.

Regardless at the end end of the day - the payouts set up a system that is untenable. Everyone is free to disagree but if those disagreeing are only approaching the issue as a payout winner and never as a promoter or organizer or volunteer then you’ll have to excuse me if I sit in the corner and roll my eyes. We all have valid points of view and experience but I kind of feel like a climate change scientist talking to deniers.