About CyclingDirt
This site exists for one reason: This sport needs some love!
It seems like just yesterday that I was hurrying home from a Sunday group ride to catch Roland and Ryder doing battle on OLN. Chevy Trucks was pumping in prize money and North American riders ruled supreme on the world stage. All was good. Or so we thought.
Just a few years later, NORBA's (soon to be NMBS's) were nothing more than high altitude dust bowls offering no prize money. Remember that great ride Ryan Trebon had going at Big Bear in 2004 before he flatted and lost it to Travis Brown? Remember Shonny V. dominated the XC and STXC that weekend? Remember those crazy fleece board shorts that guy was selling...
You don't? I didn't think so.
Why would you. You probably didn't spend the money to travel out there. There was no video, no Cable TV highlights. There were a handful of pictures, sure. And I'm sure someone wrote a paragraph or two for some website, where it got a link in size 8 font somewhere between the latest doping violation and what shampoo Lance uses on Thursdays.
Skip ahead to 2009. North American Mountain Bikers are coming off their best year in recent memory on the World Cup. NMBS races had UCI sanctioning and even prize money. Jason Sager was freed, Emily Batty showed potential to someday wear rainbow stripes, and Todd Wells, at 34 years of age, had the best year of his life. Mountain Bike racing at the highest level is starting to become fun again.
And as for Cyclocross, hold on to your hats folks! This sport is in the fast lane, leading the the resurgence of off-road racing in North America! Did you guys see 'Cross Vegas this year? Enough said.
Enter, Cyclingdirt. We are here to fill the void between The Best and the rest. We're overflowing with ideas of how to make our sport the best it can be, but we need your help.
What do YOU want to see improve? What do you and your teammates complain about after a bad race? What do you want more of? What do you want that does not yet exist?
Give us your wish for this sport, and let Cyclingdirt help make it a reality.
