Recent content by 76tradesman

I've been following the thread as well and haven't really felt like the thread has become personal any more than referencing the statements that riders have made. And yes, most of us haven't been professional riders. However, I'm sure that many of these posters have raced at some level and have...

With the overwhelming responses being that safety in not at issue, it would be nice if the riders are reading this and understand that their fans are not buying this rhetoric. The teams have become well oiled machines and things do run smoothly, but it comes at the cost of exciting racing...

Let's do the same for doping. You can dope, you just don't get points.

Ironic that the Leopard team is about going back to True Racing. That was an ambiguous statement at best. I would have definitely thought that going back to true racing would have meant eliminating the race radios? Maybe it just meant going back to the old 'training' ways...?

Difficult to believe this is truly about safety. Agree that this is managers wanting to be in control of the races. It's sad because as the sport becomes increasingly dull, they will likely start to lose fan base. I for one love the sport, but between the doping scandals and particularly boring...