Sunday, September 28, 2008
USCF takeover
Many of you may not know, but USCF is the United States Cycling Federation and they are not the only cycling faction in this country. I recently looked into trying to upgrade my cycling license with them, to enable me to race in higher caliber races, but they have instituted rules that force you to only race in races sanctioned by them rather than ABR (American Bicycle Racing) or any other group. So any races i participated in, or triumphed in, not sanctioned by USCF, are regarded as meaningless, and void. This is basically trying to get any event sanctioned by another group to be starved of paticipants, and utimatly close down, or be forced to beg USCF to let them pay inflated prices to get their seal of approval on flyer. This is pretty sad because instead of doing whats good for cyclists and fans, they and trying to monopolize the cycling world in america. It reminds me of a much more extreme example: what the CIA and the FBI did with regards to 9/11, hurting the people to continue to fuel old rivalries. Why doesnt someone try to stop them?
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