Professional biking:
For years, it has languished in obscurity behind way more in style sports activities akin to racewalking and curling:
Curling: the place the thrill’s on ice.
Nicely, right here comes the umpteenth try to make professional biking extra in style, and it’s one thing referred to as “One Biking:”
The reply to the rhetorical query within the headline is, in fact, “No.”
Right here’s why:
When you even bothered studying that in any respect then you definately most likely gave up studying midway by means of, so there’s your reply. I did my finest to learn the entire thing, and it feels like One Biking is a Saudi funding agency slotting themselves in slightly below the UCI and above everybody else:
If I perceive that accurately, then the UCI is the Burger King drive-thru, the race organizers are your hungry buddies, and One Biking is you providing to go decide meals for everyone to be able to eat all their fries on the best way residence.
In fact, right here in america, we don’t want the Tour de France or any of that stuff since we’ve acquired the Nationwide Biking League:
Oh wait, no we don’t:
This isn’t shocking. The NCL appeared like they had been making an attempt to create form of an NBA on Wheels, which was a mistake, since Individuals actually don’t relate to biking as a workforce sport. Nonetheless, they do get the idea of a bunch of self-managed endurance freaks torturing themselves on distant roads whey’re they’re not inconveniencing anyone, which is why gravel is de facto the way forward for home aggressive biking. So possibly that Corridor of Fame isn’t so untimely in spite of everything:
By the best way, the Gravel Corridor of Fame shouldn’t be confused with the Gavel Corridor of Fame, and listed here are your 2025 inductees, who’ve been awarded the coveted “Golden Gavel” for excellence in authorized advertising and marketing and promoting:
[From here.]
I’m wondering what number of different individuals have landed on that web site whereas looking for the Gravel Corridor of Fame, as a result of I can’t be the one one, and it’s most likely driving them loopy.
Lastly, in additional professional cycling-adjacent information, Ritchey will not use the UCI World Championship rainbow bands on its WCS parts:
Apparently their settlement with the UCI is up, and it’s “not eligible for renewal”
Lazily, Ritchey will merely take away the colour from the stripes, although they missed an enormous alternative by not changing them with Tom Ritchey’s mustache:
These are supposedly Ritchey’s top-tier parts in spite of everything, and they need to make it clear to the patron {that a} mustache trip is the perfect you may get.
I’m additionally stunned they’re holding the “WCS,” because the acronym stands for “World Championship Collection,” and I’d assume with the termination of the settlement they’d not have the ability to try this as nicely. Then once more, possibly it’s simply so simple as altering the acronym, so maybe it stands for “Profitable Biking Stuff.”
Let me know when it is available in a threaded model.
