Readign Dan's words on Bicycle Sports I was wondering what people think about whether or not the bicycle sports plan is good for triathlonning in general or bad...
I am a bleeding hearted liberal who hates large corporations like Barnes and Nobles but I actually see a lot of potenial good coming out of this...
They are a large company, that means that they are going to be able to weather the ups and downs that are inevitable in sports... (see rollerblading, see snow boarding)
The tri industry has grown to the point where competition in the retail arena will only make things better. I can think of some stores in my area that get a lot of tri buisiness by virtue of being the only game in town. Giving people the option of an alternative will only force stores to step it up or get out of the way.
What I hope does not happen is if the Bicycle sports guys start to try to pull a microsoft and try to squeeze the other LBSs out... we want more choice, not less.
From what I can tell, these guys are committed to multisport and not just riding the bandwagon... lets hope that is the case
I am a bleeding hearted liberal who hates large corporations like Barnes and Nobles but I actually see a lot of potenial good coming out of this...
They are a large company, that means that they are going to be able to weather the ups and downs that are inevitable in sports... (see rollerblading, see snow boarding)
The tri industry has grown to the point where competition in the retail arena will only make things better. I can think of some stores in my area that get a lot of tri buisiness by virtue of being the only game in town. Giving people the option of an alternative will only force stores to step it up or get out of the way.
What I hope does not happen is if the Bicycle sports guys start to try to pull a microsoft and try to squeeze the other LBSs out... we want more choice, not less.
From what I can tell, these guys are committed to multisport and not just riding the bandwagon... lets hope that is the case