Your World not entirely mine

• 7 corner crits
• 111 mile rides around the Ann Arbor country area country side
• Race Car track slug fest
• Stream crossings
• 28 mm smooth tires
• 650B
• Ride across the State
• Single lane road races 
• Integrated bar and stem combos 
• Suspension stems
• Industrial Park State Championships
• 150 plus miles of sandy fire roads
• no baggage
• lots of places to carry things
• watching what you eat
• eating what ever you want
• beer hand ups
• specially prepared sports drinks 
• gel packs
• fun foods
• dirty hands
• broken clavicles
• 125$ for a win
• a cool one-off hand made trophy
• swag bag
• thanks for coming
• a sense of accomplishment
• a feeling of not being worthy
• a structured training plan
• ride as much 
• or as little as you want
• 35$ for 45 minutes
• 100$ for 2 hours
• eyes in front
• throw some Slayers and smile for Rob

you all get my drift, i aint speaking to the if there are any "regulars of this place", im more speaking to the where its headed folks.

The world of your scene is changing and year of void didn't help the matter much. Oh yea there are many factors why, social media, the cost, etc.

I hate doing these post, as much as i hate reading them, and to be honest dont know why i feel the need to beat a dead horse and say the things i do. Maybe its just a way to remind myself, that its ok, and without change, you/me can not evolve., and before we know we are the only ones running a rim brake, press in headset bike.

Yes it saddens me a little that we cant really have races anymore that don't involve eating enough calories to support an average household of three for an entire week. 

Yes i am a tad cynical that if your not logging 100 mile rides and covering four county's on a single weekend day, that your credibility as a Strava user plummets farther and farther down respect chain. 

Im I butt hurt that races involving the risk of getting curbed into a soccer mom with three kids in downtown Milford, or fighting for a wheel for 3 plus hours in mind numbing boredom of Saginaw County have been replaced with waving to an elderly couple  on some pot hole ridden dirt road in Barry county sitting while they nurse down a cold bottle of Bartels and James.

Maybe just a tad.

But i get it. We could only ride the Lance effect soo long, Some say the movement away from the grass roots road racing has been on a steady decline since the inception of the gravel movement. They also say its alot like the early days of Norba..remember them? And im on board with the no USAC thing no license, and no commitment. 

Yep I agree fully.

Some will say, you can do both, and yes, those that are still focused enough can. But those folks in my opinion are not enough to save "the way we were"

And thats ok. 

As much as i miss the those golden days, im eager to see the new world as well. 

Not sure where this crusty ol fool was trying to go with this tonight cept, maybe just a reminder to  to slow down a tad and look around a bit cuz, the world of Zwift, KOMS, and Cow Pie classics will be gone as fast as a Tailwind.

Peace fool

T