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the future does not look hopeful
I'm old enough (and therefore you must be) to have seen TT numbers go well below current levels and then recover to the point where even average courses get full fields. I'm seeing plenty of names I don't recognise on start sheets. People have been predicting the death of timetrialling since before the formation of the RRC, which is 99 years ago next week.
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It looks like this is the spirit of the times we live in - you're certainly not alone. There's not much racing left, but there is the question of how many people want to race.
I find it dispiriting that the busiest thread in the Rides and Races forum is the Pro Cycling column. Perhaps we have a lot of pro riders on this forum, but I suspect we have a large number of armchair cyclists.
Is this the result of monetising sport? You and I (plus many others here) have been lucky enough to get our racing careers in while it was still possible, but the future does not look hopeful.