Originally Posted by
beng1
Neither I, nor the half of the country the US census bureau says is living low-income or below the poverty level can afford to buy any pro road bike. If they said the bikes had to be steel round tubing of straight-gauge, no electronics or computers and no carbon-fiber then maybe more would be able to, more amateur racers too..
Just ridiculous. There are low end cf race bikes out there, also aluminum. You think mandating steel bikes would make racing cheap? You must know there are expensive steel bikes and inexpensive bikes of other materials.
Unless you are suggesting Wal Mart bikes, or dumpster bikes, or only bikes costing less than a certain amount?
I let a friend borrow an older bike I had and he raced it in cat3 crits, nbd. Anyone who wants to race in amateur racing can do so on any decent bike in good shape.