Yup, BMX is going to save Canadian cycling!!!!

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Mettlehead,

It is that kind of attitude that sponsors use to screw riders.

Divide and conquer.

That's what mountain biking has done to the sport. Instead of having organized teams and structure it is now mainly disorganized individuals.
The free-for-all approach is why Canada now has poor results internationally.

yes mountain biking is an individual sport over road teams however don't blame mountain biking/bmx/cylocross for the decline in our elite medal counts.

the governing bodies of the sport both provincially and nationaly need to be held accountable for the decline. they are the bodies that are pushing for racers to "go for the gold". these bodies need to support those racers that aspire to the highest levels of the sport.

and not at the expense of the 99% of bikers who do not aspire to a higher level in the sport.

"99% of bikers who do not aspire to a higher level in the sport"

Yup, add, 99% of the management of the sport in Ottawa and you got that right.

At best they aspire to mediocrity.

At worst they hope just just don't do anything wrong.

yes mountain biking is an individual sport over road teams however don't blame mountain biking/bmx/cylocross for the decline in our elite medal counts.

the governing bodies of the sport both provincially and nationaly need to be held accountable for the decline. they are the bodies that are pushing for racers to "go for the gold". these bodies need to support those racers that aspire to the highest levels of the sport.

and not at the expense of the 99% of bikers who do not aspire to a higher level in the sport.
No one was blaming MTB/BMX/cyclocross for shriveling success in sport. Cycling as a whole is doing pretty bad in Canada. If someone thinks that cycling's good in Canada then show me some facts please.

Investing in recreational weekend warriors, who might not even be members of any governing body and only support other organizations with the activities, would be rather bad business for CCA or provincial associations...still they feel obliged to support those who are reluctant at best to return any support back.

In business life this kind of stuff wouldn't even be concidered as an option but for some reason it's expected to be the norm in cycling.

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