Pardon my soap box before i get to the real reason why im wasting your time. More so often I gotta scratch my head and say whats this world coming too, you got folks doin there grocery shopping in there Jammie's, people missing teeth but still got enough bread for that pimp in 4g network gizmo that they got there face stuck in, and TV has went from, Maude the Jefferson and Dragnet, to the Gator boys, two clowns rollin around buyin other peoples bric brac , and Pawn brokers making a living off being made for TV. and that aint even all the bad stuff our society is up to...Hell i ain't against change its just so overwhelming at times it makes me creep more and more as time goes by.
So that brings me to this BRX thing the Barry Roubaix. All though i don't necessarily agree with everything that cat has got on the docket for March 24th, ill leave that up to others.. but besides that, promoters around the scene should take note how a guy can take a once small event and turn it into this Godzilla like thing in a mere short night time. It has now become what in my opinion what others have tried to do with spring classics like ConeAZ or TOWC, made it the first swingin match of the new season, lets face it aint made for everyone and some will, some wont, some will sand bag and others will race up to just "do it". It may not have the life span of the infamous ICEMAN, and by no means does it hold the "party vibe" but its gettin its fair shake for what its worth.
Just when i thought i figured it out.. i lose the grasp of the ever changing world of ours, one minute you pay your 20$ to go with 700+ for the annual Yankee Springs TT on a rigid Mountain bike to ride 12 miles, and now double that for 3x the amount, to go a month early on bikes with Big skinny wheels that shift by buttons to do a 60+ miles gravel road race.
oh brother..

"It used to be when you bought a man that son of a bitch stayed bought"